Comments on: links for 2007-05-13 http://www.windycitymike.com/2007/05/13/links-for-2007-05-13/ Musings and rants about politics and geekery with a distinct Chicago flavor. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:55:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Itayb http://www.windycitymike.com/2007/05/13/links-for-2007-05-13/#comment-673 Itayb Sun, 13 May 2007 08:55:21 +0000 http://windycitymike.com/2007/05/13/links-for-2007-05-13/#comment-673 Re "A man was fined $650 for *linking* to porn in Hong Kong" ============================================ I've come across a couple of EULA attempts to restrict hyperlinks: * http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/legal/ * http://www.wikidot.com/legal:terms-of-service (Note item 2 of the first list in the section "Prohibited content and usage". Taken strictly this implies that Wikipedia, among others, cannot be linked to.) In fact, according to one interpretation of the DMCA, which has been upheld by the US court of appeals, linking may sometimes be forbidden: see section "What about just linking to a place where the key is posted?" in http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005229.php<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('673','Itayb'); return false;">Reply</a> : <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('673','Itayb','Re \"A man was fined $650 for *linking* to porn in Hong Kong\"\n============================================\nI\'ve come across a couple of EULA attempts to restrict hyperlinks:\n* http:\/\/www.consumerist.com\/consumer\/legal\/\n* http:\/\/www.wikidot.com\/legal:terms-of-service (Note item 2 of the first list in the section \"Prohibited content and usage\". Taken strictly this implies that Wikipedia, among others, cannot be linked to.)\n\nIn fact, according to one interpretation of the DMCA, which has been upheld by the US court of appeals, linking may sometimes be forbidden: see section \"What about just linking to a place where the key is posted?\" in http:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/archives\/005229.php'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Re “A man was fined $650 for *linking* to porn in Hong Kong”
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I’ve come across a couple of EULA attempts to restrict hyperlinks:
* http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/legal/
* http://www.wikidot.com/legal:terms-of-service (Note item 2 of the first list in the section “Prohibited content and usage”. Taken strictly this implies that Wikipedia, among others, cannot be linked to.)

In fact, according to one interpretation of the DMCA, which has been upheld by the US court of appeals, linking may sometimes be forbidden: see section “What about just linking to a place where the key is posted?” in http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005229.php

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