Intellectual Property - Electronic Copyright

Linking and Metatags

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Linking Overview

Linking Policies for Public Web Sites Shirley Duglin Kennedy
Linking Custom and Etiquette Eric Hellman
Understand US Copyright Laws Viki Nygaard, Mount Evans Designs
Link Openly: Linking Do's and Dont's Eric Hellman, Openly Informatics, Inc.

Issues and Controversies with Linking

Linking and Liability Brad Bolin
Internet Legal Issues: Linking Page Lloyd L. Rich
Linking And Crawling Issues Ivan Hoffman, B.A., J.D
Copyright Decision Threatens Freedom to Link Carl S. Kaplan
Linking Rights Brad Templeton
Linking Legalities Bret A. Fausett
Research Paper: "Linking and Framing: When Being Close is Too Close" Elaine Gort
The Link Controversy Page Stefan Bechtold
Is Linking Copyright Infringement?
Linking Web sites while displaying ads treads in murky waters CityBusiness
That quick Web link could click on trouble Baltimore Business Journal
Internet law: linkingBitlaw
Universal: Don't link to us Oscar S. Cisneros, Wired

Legal Cases concerning Web Site Linking

DVD Lawsuit Questions Legality of Linking Carl S. Kaplan
Attention Editors: Deep Link Away Michelle Finley, Wired News
Copyright Decision Threatens Freedom to Link Carl S. Kaplan, NY Times
Is Linking Always Illegal? The Experts Aren't Sure Carl S. Kaplan, NY Times
The Ticketmaster-Microsoft dispute

Linking to Other Website (The Ticketmaster Case) Rory Robison
What's hot: Ticketmaster v. Microsoft Daniel A. Tysver, BitLaw
Ticketmaster sues Microsoft for linking without permission Elizabeth Gardner, Webweek
Decisions and litigation: Intellectual property: Ticketmaster v. MicrosoftAOL Legal Department

What are Metatags?

Meta Tags and Customer Confusion Rich Stim
Metatags - What, Where, When, Why?

Issues and Contorversy with Metatags

Internet Legal Issues - Meta-Tags Lloyd L. Rich
Keywords, Meta Tags And Trademarks Ivan Hoffman, B.A., J.D
The Web Developer, the Metatag and the Law J.W. Procopio, M.A.T.
Keyword Deception is Common in Political Websites
Democrat Election Site Spamming Search Engines?

Legal Cases Concerning Metatags

Meta Tag Lawsuits Danny Sullivan
Model Wins Right to Use KeywordsCarl S. Kaplan, NY Times
Model Wins Right to Use KeywordsCarl S. Kaplan, NY Times

Combat of Potential Liability (Examples)

Please see this "Terms of Service" Document about

Common Disclaimer
Statement indicating that sites are being framed
Easily Identifiable procedure to allow users to view the Framed Websites

No Linking or Framing or Requirement, Statement

Yahoo Terms of Service (See Password Policy Statement)

Relevant Cases

American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia v. Miller, 977 F. Supp. 1228 (N.D. Ga. 1997)

Washington Post Co. v. Total News, Inc., No. 97 Civ. 1190 (PKL) Stipulation and Order of Settlement and dismissal (S.D.N.Y. Jun. 6, 1997)

Futuredontics, Inc. v. Applied Anagramics, Inc., No. 95-56711, 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 17012 (July 23, 1998) (unpublished opinion)

NBA v. Motorola, Inc., 105 F.3d 841, 843 (2d Cir. 1997)

Taquino v. Teledyne Monarch Rubber, 893 F.2d 1488, 1500 (5th Cir. 1990)

Playboy Enter., Inc, v. Calvin Designer Label, 44 U.S.P.Q.2d (BNA) 1156 (N.D. Cal. 1997)

Legislation Under Fire

Developments and Examples

John Marshal Law School (Linking)
The Library of Congress (A Provider Website)