Re: UK injunction to prevent WWW links

On 10/28/96, Prof. Charles Oppenheim wrote:
>
> In the UK, there is a case, just started, where one WWW based
> newspaper has obtained an injunction to prevent a competitor from
> providing links between the two.
>
> For background, see
>
> http://www.shetland-news.co.uk/headline/
>
> and look for the item entitled interdict
>
> It seems to me that putting WWW links can never be copyright
> infringement, but that is precisely what one of the parties is
> claiming. Has there been any similar case anywhere else in the
> world?

Some time ago I wrote an FAQ about this general question. See "May I freely link to the Web sites of others?" at:

   <http://www.patents.com/weblaw.sht#lo>

Carl Oppedahl
<carl[_at_]oppedahl.com> Received on Wed Oct 30 1996 - 20:04:26 GMT