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Subject:Re: legality of web links to articles? From:Rev Simon Rumble <simon -at- rumble -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:56:12 +0000
On Tue 12 Feb, Kelley made the following spurious claims:
> WEll, what do you do about sites that explicitly say that you can't link
> or, if you do, then you have to ask? I provided about five examples that
> wanted you to ask for permission. I also noted that there were still other
> sites (a minority) that explicitly said, "Tough beans sistah!"
The same as my example. Fair use rights are there!
If someone wants to prevent you from linking to their site, there are
technical means to do so.
> The WEB was conceived primarily for commerce; but its built on an Internet
> (with technical and social roots) that wasn't. And therein lies the root of
> the contradiction. Are the contradictions exploded through individual
> action or direct, social action? I say the latter. But, no politics! :))
The Web was conceived for the dissemination of scientific knowledge by
Tim Berners-Lee of CERN, a European particle physics laboratory. The
concept of hyperlinking wasn't new but his was the first decent,
working implementation.
The Web was _NOT_ conceived for commerce. That took a few months to
show up.
--
Rev Simon Rumble <simon -at- rumble -dot- net>
www.rumble.net
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stakes are so small.
- Henry Kissinger
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