Re: TotalNEWS & Derivative Works

Mark Davison <mark.davison[_at_]law.monash.edu.au> wrote:
>
> John Kasdan <kasdan[_at_]columbia.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Which raises another question. All of the arguments which have been
> > raised to show that displaying in a frame is not a copyright violation
> > would seem to me also to show that there is no copyright problem with
> > using a direct IMG link. ...
> >
> *****************
>
> I'm really embarrased to ask but can someone give a brief
> explanation of what IMG links are?

Sorry; the ability to use jargon in not just one but two fields obviously went to my head. What this is all about is how one goes about getting an image into an HTML page which is displayed on a browser. Here is an example of some HTML code taken at random (from www.cnnfn.com)

<IMG SRC="/images/spacer.gif" width=193 height=5 ALIGN=RIGHT>

The point of the first part of the code is that an IMaGe is to be placed in the displayed page and the SouRCe of that image is to be "/images/spacer.gif". In this case, the location of the file is given relative to where the HTML code is located (in particular it is on cnnfn's server.) However, and this is the point, the source can be any URL at all. It could be

http://www.columbia.edu/~law9023/poodle.gif

in which case the cnnfn US Markets page would display a copy of the recursive curve I use as the logo for my computers & law seminar at Columbia. The legal implications (if any) of all this derive from the fact that anyone viewing cnnfn's page would see my picture, although cnnfn would not be copying anything from my (well, Columbia's) server.

John Kasdan
<kasdan[_at_]columbia.edu> Received on Thu Jun 19 1997 - 18:35:12 GMT