Legal Issue with Copyright Law
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Posted : Sat, 05 July 2008 11:40:07
Subject : Legal Issue with Copyright Law
I don't like to mysite break any [i]Legal/Copyright Rules/Laws[/i], So.. a. Is it [b]LEGAL[/b]? b. Is it break the [b]Copyright Law[/b]? c. Is it a [b]country-Specific Law[/b]? 1. Writing a headline about one topic/Content, that is published to another site. 2. Whithout any Copied/Pasted material, Just mention it. 3. Just make a LINK to that content on that site. 4. Link is hidden behind a text that say "Refer to original site" or somthing similar. 5. And I publish these "Headline/Topic/Link" on my own site pages? I was read some note on[i] "CIW - Site Development Foundation"[/i] Book that was said: "You cannot provide a link from your Web Site to another site without permission because such a link generally implies that two sites have a business relationship." So these qusetion arise: 1. What a bout [i]Search Engine / Portal Sites[/i] Like Yahoo.com, Google.com , altavista.com and so on ? The search reslut from these sites always contain some Headline/Link From Another sites? 2. In many aricles that published in other site, you can always see some link that hidden in a Hypertext phrase, word, context or somethings else. such as link to the site that produce X or Y Software or hardware and so on. or to anpother related article in others sites. What about these link? Is all of these Links are supported by a Papaer Permission Contract?! Please answer my questions If you're [b]REALLY[/b] familiar with this Law topics And It's better --If it's possible-- to Refer Me to some link about these. Thanks
Kiski
Posted : Sat, 05 July 2008 21:50:02
Subject : Legal Issue with Copyright Law
If you're in the US, you have nothing to worry about. It is perfectly legal to link to another site without the site owner's permission.