Re: UKNM: Linking to sites

[Mark Bunting]

at the risk of having my de-parapetted head shot

off...


as I understand it (and I'm not a lawyer either)

there's a precedent in US law which enables people or

companies to stop other 'undesirable' people or

companies linking to their sites. Some far-right

outfit was prosecuted for it 2 or 3 years back. The

relevant legal device in that case might be claimed

association rather than TM infringement - sorry the

details are so hazy - will try to dig out more info if

anybody's really interested.


As somebody (possibly me) previously said:

- most times links will be gratefully received by

audience-hungry sites

- at the very least, you shouldn't get into any

trouble if you're not doing anything defamatory or

implying anything untrue

- but if in any doubt at all, it rarely hurts to ask

permission.


Jo, having said all this, I can't see what it's got to

do with the DPA, assuming they've got permission to

use their clients' identities in other marketing

materials. Tell your clients not to be so sappy -

unless they're lying about who they've worked for :-).


Mark



--- Steve Bowbrick <steve@webmedia.com> wrote:

> ...try to imagine a web in which you have to seek

> permission to link,

> either at some kind of low level machine-to-machine

> hand-shake kind

> of level or at a contractual level.

> 

> A moment's thought will convince you it's not a web

> at all (it's

> probably Ted Nelson's Xanadu) and, had TBL made

> permission mandatory

> you'd have been making your living driving a mini

> cab or being

> secretary general of the UN (or whatever you were

> doing before all

> this fuss).

> 

> Linking is fundamental - the very reason it all grew

> so fast. Any

> threat to linking, even 'deep' (also known as

> 'useful') linking, is a

> pretty big threat to the value of the web.

> 

> s

> 

> >Did they say which clause of the act it infringes?

> >Can't see how it could be without them infringing

> the act themselves.

> >

> >----- Original Message -----

> >From: "Jo Chipchase" <jo@canuhackit.net>

> >To: <uk-netmarketing@chinwag.com>

> >Sent: 20 October 2000 21:39

> >Subject: RE: UKNM: Linking to sites

> >

> >

> >>  A corporate client has just told me not to link

> to any of their client

> >>  sites, because it is infringing the Data

> Protection Act.  Surely no-one

> >>  would be so churlish to complain about having

> targeted traffic driven to

> >>  them?  We're not talking deep linking here -

> just a link to the front

> >page!

> >>

> >>  Jo.

> 

> [Sam says: msg chopped]

> 

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