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It's unclear whether the ruling by Copenhagen's lower bailiff's court will have broader ramifications for the Web. The decision only prevents Newsbooster from deep linking to the Danish Newspaper Publishers Association's 28 sites. However, deep linking is becoming a more contentious topic across the globe as dot-coms of all stripes seek more control over their traffic and advertising targets. Legal experts said the decision might not have any direct effect on most sites, but it opens the door for courts to examine more closely the practice of deep linking.
It's unclear whether the ruling by Copenhagen's lower bailiff's court will have broader ramifications for the Web. The decision only prevents Newsbooster from deep linking to the Danish Newspaper Publishers Association's 28 sites.
However, deep linking is becoming a more contentious topic across the globe as dot-coms of all stripes seek more control over their traffic and advertising targets.
Legal experts said the decision might not have any direct effect on most sites, but it opens the door for courts to examine more closely the practice of deep linking.
That may seem a bit extreme, but recent legal rulings and the service terms of an increasing number of websites adamantly claim that links are nothing more than tools used to steal content, corrupt journalistic ethics and wreak havoc with corporate profits. In the latest case, the Bailiff's Court of Copenhagen ruled last Friday in favor of the Danish Newspaper Publishers Association, which claimed that Danish company Newsbooster violated copyright laws by "deep linking" to newspaper articles on some Danish newspapers' Internet sites. Deep linking is the practice of providing a link directly to specific content on another website, instead of linking to a site's main or "front" page. Links are the stuff that the web is made of, but the practice of deep linking is increasingly under debate, despite the fact that many website designers insist that -- technically, at least -- there is no such thing as a deep link.
That may seem a bit extreme, but recent legal rulings and the service terms of an increasing number of websites adamantly claim that links are nothing more than tools used to steal content, corrupt journalistic ethics and wreak havoc with corporate profits.
In the latest case, the Bailiff's Court of Copenhagen ruled last Friday in favor of the Danish Newspaper Publishers Association, which claimed that Danish company Newsbooster violated copyright laws by "deep linking" to newspaper articles on some Danish newspapers' Internet sites.
Deep linking is the practice of providing a link directly to specific content on another website, instead of linking to a site's main or "front" page. Links are the stuff that the web is made of, but the practice of deep linking is increasingly under debate, despite the fact that many website designers insist that -- technically, at least -- there is no such thing as a deep link.
Say you post a scrappy one-man-band Web site on the pros and cons of pet sweaters. Like any good Webmaster, you add links to pages on outfitting pooches in ponchos so people can track down additional information--a move that captures the essence of the Web. Imagine your surprise, then, when you receive a letter from one of the sites you directed people to, which says posting such links is illegal without first seeking written permission. Similar scenarios are happening around the globe as a growing number of organizations and publishers crack down on deep linking, or the practice of sending people to pages other than a home page.
Say you post a scrappy one-man-band Web site on the pros and cons of pet sweaters. Like any good Webmaster, you add links to pages on outfitting pooches in ponchos so people can track down additional information--a move that captures the essence of the Web.
Imagine your surprise, then, when you receive a letter from one of the sites you directed people to, which says posting such links is illegal without first seeking written permission.
Similar scenarios are happening around the globe as a growing number of organizations and publishers crack down on deep linking, or the practice of sending people to pages other than a home page.
Using a search engine to locate stories on newspapers' sites violates European Union law, according to a recent ruling by judges in Munich's Upper Court. The ruling is the latest legal decision in a two-year battle between German newspaper Mainpost and German search service NewsClub. Mainpost charges that NewsClub violated the law by searching through and linking directly to Mainpost content. The law in question is the "Database Directive," a piece of European Union legislation that grants copyright protection to database creators for "selecting and arranging" the information contained in a database, even if the creator does not hold the copyrights on the collected information. The directive also protects against the "unfair extraction" of materials contained in a database, specifically mentioning downloading or hyperlinking as examples of prohibited extraction methods.
Using a search engine to locate stories on newspapers' sites violates European Union law, according to a recent ruling by judges in Munich's Upper Court.
The ruling is the latest legal decision in a two-year battle between German newspaper Mainpost and German search service NewsClub. Mainpost charges that NewsClub violated the law by searching through and linking directly to Mainpost content.
The law in question is the "Database Directive," a piece of European Union legislation that grants copyright protection to database creators for "selecting and arranging" the information contained in a database, even if the creator does not hold the copyrights on the collected information.
The directive also protects against the "unfair extraction" of materials contained in a database, specifically mentioning downloading or hyperlinking as examples of prohibited extraction methods.
...Thus, Schwimmer asks, "if link-blocking software is readily available and a website doesn't employ it, does that imply a license to link?"
The case raises the novel issue of whether hyperlinks to pirated material constitute copyright infringement. It involves a Web site, www.MP3Board.com, which makes no secret that its business is to help users scour the Internet for music files -- or MP3s -- on third-party Web sites.
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