Re: Links from Web page to other Web sites

From: Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 07:56:37 -0700

On 4/13/98, Evelyn Poole-Kober <epv[_at_]hpcc.epa.gov> wrote:
>
> Over the weekend, I was helping my neice with a class assignment to
> create an imaginery Web page using an industry. Several toy
> manufacturers include terms and conditions of use regarding their web
> sites. Mattel Media <http://www.mattelmedia.com/> statement reads:
>
> "...Without Mattel's prior written permission, you may not reproduce,
> distribute, modify, display, prepare derivative works based on,
> repost or otherwise use the content of this Web site, ...."
>
> Does this mean that one cannot link to the web site without permission?

What Mattel actually thinks on the matter is not clear from their long Terms and Conditions, but regardless of whether Mattel can legally prevent you from linking to their website, I would speculate that given the length of their Terms and Conditions, if they *didn't* want people to link to their website, they would have said so.

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Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
UCLA School of Law '98
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1206/

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