Will It Be Illegal To Link To Other Sites?

The NY Times is being sued by a company called Gatehouse Media who states that the Times illegally linked to their site. The law suit alleges that the Times violated copyright infringements using the links.

In an article from Real Tech News it further states that:

“You’ll recall that earlier this year AP took a hardline stance on linking to their stories and including short excerpts, a practice generally accepted as “fair use.” On Monday, in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, GateHouse Media, which publishes 100+ local newspapers, sued the New York Times for copyright infringement, because its Boston.com online unit was linking to GateHouse Media stories, using a headline and one line of text.”

I feel that this law suit is without merit. Linking to other web sites is a standard practice followed by all those who blog as well as news agencies. Saying that linking violates copyright laws is just plain dumb.

Hopefully the courts will see through this frivolous lawsuit and throw it out.

Comments welcome.

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