On 01/28/99, Davide Consonni <consonni[_at_]pn.itnet.it> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, James Love <love[_at_]cptech.org> ha scritto:
> >
> > Given the large number of commerical news organizations on the
> > Internet, as well as non-commerical sites that report news in
> > niche areas, is there any jurisprudence on the issue of linking
> > to stories on other people's web sites?
>
> There are at least two major cases: The Washington Post Co. and
> others v. Totalnews and The Shetland Times Ltd. v. Jonathan Wills
> and others.
Well, actually, TotalNews settled, so it isn't much help. There is an unpublished opinon in Shetland Times, but it is fairly narrow. The Ticketmaster case hasn't produced anything. Last I checked, the only published opinions were from, respectively, motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment in the Futuredontics case.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0 : Mon Mar 26 2007 - 00:35:34 GMT