[FYI] (Fwd) [GILC-plan] Danish court rules against deep weblinks

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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From:           	Chris Chiu <CCHIU@aclu.org>
To:             	gilc-plan@gilc.org
Date sent:      	Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:32:21 -0400
Subject:        	[GILC-plan] Danish court rules against deep weblinks

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http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,53697,00.html
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In the latest case, the Bailiff's Court of Copenhagen ruled last
Friday in favor of the Danish Newspaper Publishers Association, which
claimed that Danish company Newsbooster violated copyright laws by
"deep linking" to newspaper articles on some Danish newspapers'
Internet sites. 

Deep linking is the practice of providing a link directly to specific
content on another website, instead of linking to a site's main or
"front" page. Links are the stuff that the web is made of, but the
practice of deep linking is increasingly under debate, despite the
fact that many website designers insist that -- technically, at least
-- there is no such thing as a deep link. 

"The idea of a website only having one true and proper point of access
is ridiculous," insisted Web marketing consultant Mark Fredricks from
Toronto. "The Web was never intended to be separate 'stacks' of
information." 

"No link is technically or physically 'deeper' or 'lower' than any
other; all items with their own distinct, linkable locations are
completely equal," agreed Manhattan website designer Fred Fontelle.
"Websites do not have a top, middle or bottom. This idea of deep
linking is a totally new and artificial construct." 

Artificial or not, the number of media websites that attempt to ban
linking to their material by other sites is growing. Sites such as
Belo Media and Bloomberg, a news service founded by New York City
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, prohibit linking without permission. ...

Sincerely,
Christopher Chiu
Global Internet Liberty Campaign Organizer
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street
New York NY 10004
USA
Phone: (212) 549-2535
Email: cchiu@aclu.org 

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