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Politech is the oldest Internet resource devoted to politics and technology. Launched in 1994 by Declan McCullagh, the mailing list has chronicled the growing intersection of culture, technology, politics, and law. Since 2000, so has the Politech web site.
We've had extensive discussions here over the years about linking. See: http://www.politechbot.com/p-01814.html http://www.politechbot.com/p-01823.html http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=linking -Declan ********** Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:02:21 -0700 (PDT) From: "Joshua S. Fouts" <fouts@rcf-fs.usc.edu> To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: Impermissible Links Hi Declan, Thought you might be interested in this discussion we just posted about the current legal state of linking. Impermissible Links http://ojr.usc.edu/content/story.cfm?request=584 Linking is critical to the success of the Internet as we know it. However, the importance of linking to the online community may never reach a reasonable decision by the courts. Why? Because litigants are interested advocates, who may not want the court to fully understand the implications of the technology. Best, Josh ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Joshua S. Fouts Editor, OJR.org Online Journalism Review OnlineJournalism.com Tel: +1-213-740-1786 Fax: +1-213-740-3772 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------