Re: page construction and copyright

Keith Graham wrote:
>
> I have a list of about 50 sites with information related to a
> single subject. I've been considering creating a hyper-index
> that would basically look like:
>
> Category A:
>
> o _Foobar_ (some description) on site _top level page_
> o _gizmo_ (some description) on site _second site_
>
> Category B:
>
> o (etc. etc.)
>
> Is this any different than what the search engines do? Is this legal,
> especially since I'm making it clear that I'm just creating an index
> into other people's works? Is it "ethical" to bypass their front page?

I wouldn't think it would be "illegal" to create an index, as long as that index doesn't constitute a substantial copy of the work(s) indexed. As far as bypassing the front page, it may not be good netiquette; but I also understand that people who don't want their front page bypassed can prevent that quite easily.

Bob Cumbow
<cumbr[_at_]perkinscoie.com> Received on Thu Apr 10 1997 - 16:46:25 GMT