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[GILC-plan] Danish court rules against deep weblinks

------- Forwarded message follows ------- 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 ... 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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