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[FYI] Japanisches Rechtsempfinden: Gelinkt & Mitgefangen
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- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 12:04:29 +0100
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Web Links Can Be Considered Illegal, Osaka Court Judgment Says
April 7, 2000 (TOKYO) -- A landmark verdict handed down on March 30
by the Osaka District Court states that, under certain sets of
conditions, links used to connect one Web page to another could be
considered an infringement of the law.
This is the first legal ruling in Japan concerning the hotly
contested issue of whether creating or using Web links can constitute
the aiding and abetting of a crime.
The decision of the Osaka court will have an impact on those whose
work or hobby involves creating Web pages.
The court's ruling means that if somebody creates a Web page that
includes a link to another page, and if that other page is in
violation of the law, then the person who creates the link can be
charged with aiding and abetting the crime. This is regardless of
whether or not they are aware of the illegality of the page they
linked to.
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