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To: Jim Robinson
Some case law of interest.

Ford Motor Company v. 26000 Enterprises, Case No 01'CV'71685'DT (EDMI Dec. 20, 2001) Mere link from 2600 website, critical of Ford Motor Company, to Ford Motor Company, is not actionable.
http://www.2600.com/news/122201-files/ford-dec.html

Ticketmaster v. Tickets.com , No 99-07654 (CD Cal 1999) (deep linking does not equal unfair competition) http://www.gigalaw.com/library/ticketmaster-tickets-2000-08-10-p1.html

Intellectual Reserve v. Utah Lighthouse Ministry, Inc., 75 FSuoo2d 1290 (D Utah 1999) Knowingly linking to infringing content constitutes contributory infringement.
(Comment: Thus, the issue goes not against FR, but the poster. And even then, Corbis would have to prove that the poster knowingly linked to copyrighted material. If argued otherwise, then the DUmmie brigade could easily get FR in hot water by creating loads of accounts and going Corbis link-happy.)
http://www.law.uh.edu/faculty/cjoyce/copyright/release10/IntRes.html

36 posted on 04/16/2004 3:02:34 PM PDT by Prime Choice (Leftists claim Bush is a terrorist. So why aren't they trying to appease him?)
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To: Prime Choice
You forgot Ticketmaster versus Microsoft, which I believe is the precedent for prohibitions against deep linking.

One can hardly fault Mr. Gates for requiring of others the same measure that's been required of him.

68 posted on 04/17/2004 11:40:54 AM PDT by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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