- From: Martin J. Dürst <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:43:41 +0900
- To: ashok.malhotra@oracle.com
- CC: Jonathan Rees <jar@creativecommons.org>, Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>, TAG List <www-tag@w3.org>
Hello Ashok, On 2011/03/10 0:10, ashok malhotra wrote: > > On 3/9/2011 6:34 AM, Jonathan Rees wrote: >> It certainly sounds as if ICE has convinced a judge at arraignment >> (I'm assuming that there was an arraignment) that linking can >> constitute infringement. > > If I have a large, boldface banner on my website that says "Do Not Link > to this Website" then I assume > that it can be argued that linking to the website constitutes > infringement as long as I saw the banner > before I linked. Can I argue that my website is my "property" in the > legal sense and so I can regulate > its use? If by "linking" you mean referential linking (typically <a href=...>), then I would want to very strongly argue that it should not be possible to forbid linking, because as Tim has mentioned previously, that would be a restriction of freedom of speech, in the same way as if you would publish a book and put a banner on the front page saying "you are not allowed to mention this book to anybody". Regards, Martin. -- #-# Martin J. Dürst, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University #-# http://www.sw.it.aoyama.ac.jp mailto:duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp
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