And one wonders why the legal system gets such little respect!

To my non-legal mind, posting a URL which points to a location is the same
as my posting (on the web or anywhere else) that the latest best-seller can
be found at bookstores A, B and C.

Since the actual material remains on the original site, and the link clearly
would show that it is somewhere else, and if the site posting the link is
not claiming ownership, I fail to see copyright problems.  Don't most web
sites desire such links and publicity?  (Feel free to widely publicize the
web site I maintain for a non-profit organization - www.buckeyetrail.org
(oops - /shameless plug!!:) ).

Steve Miller
Portion Pac, Inc
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Geiser [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 09:21
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Somewhat OT: Web Links as Copyright Infringement?
>
>
> Well, we've been asking people not to quote complete texts on the list
> (which not only makes for a long message, but could be construed as
> copyright infringement)...
>
> ... Now we have this - a Utah judge decides that the mere
> posting of URLs
> contributes to the piracy of the pages and therefore
> contributes to, and
> thus is, copyright infringement.   Maybe our resident editor
> (Ron?) might
> know a little more about this?
>
> So, I guess I'll have to do this, hope for the best, so you
> can see the
> article for yourself.  Hopefully this won't land me in jail :)
>
> http://websearch.about.com/internet/websearch/library/weekly/a
> a121099.htm
>
> (the above posting of a URL is exactly what the story talks about.)
>
> Regards,
> Joe
>