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Re: Cats and pigeons...
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Date: 
Sat, 11 Dec 1999 04:59:58 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> > - Pointers to websites that have images of sets before their release
> > (ie, TheForce.net, TheOuterRim.com, etc)?
> 
> I personally don't see any problem with this, depending on how the
> pointers are worded.  Simply reporting upon the existence of something
> somewhere else, no matter how illegal (including posting URLs of
> information contained on other publicly accessible servers, for purposes
> of discussion) can hardly be construed as infringing on anyone's rights.
> Then again, I am not a lawyer, so don't take this as legal advice.  I'm
> sure it's an extremely gray area.
> [...]

Well, wouldn't ya know it -- it gets greyer and greyer.  Just found a link
to this...

  http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/cyber/cyberlaw/10law.html

...from a thread on Slashdot:

  http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/10/1043252&mode=thread&threshold=-1

Okee, time for me bed.
--Todd



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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) can the court distinguish between a link which is clearly for the purpose of encouraging people to use a web site which contains copyright infringing material, which the case this court decision is dealing (...) (27 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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