September 23rd, 2008

EFF: claim that consent needed for linking is "preposterous"

By Nate Anderson, Ars Technica

Large Chicago law firm Jones Day is suing a tiny Internet startup called BlockShopper over the use of the humble hyperlink. But BlockShopper has picked up a pair of allies in the form of the EFF and Public Citizen, and the two groups jointly filed an amici curiae brief with the court that points out the obvious: "linking is what web sites do—that is, after all, why it is called the 'World Wide Web'."

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Related Cases: Jones Day v Blockshopper

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