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NONE: re: ONLINE-ADS>> FRAMING CASE
re: ONLINE-ADS>> FRAMING CASE
Vin Crosbie (crosbie_at_well.com)
Wed, 09 Jul 1997 11:16:16 -0400
On Sat, 05 Jul 1997 at 12:14:52 -0500 Sam Alfstad <answers_at_e-land.com> wrote:
>Early in June it was announced that TotalNews has reached a settlement
>with six major media companies that had sued the site for displaying
>their news stories. As C/NET wrote at the time:
> "According to Roman Godzich, president of TotalNews, his
>five-person company has reached an agreement with the plaintiffs in the
>case--media giants the Washington Post, Times Mirror, Time Warner, CNN,
>Dow Jones, and Reuters New Media--not to display their news stories
>within a frame on the TotalNews Web site. However, the media companies
>agreed to grant TotalNews a "linking license" so that it can still
>hyperlink to stories on their sites."
A lot of interesting discussions can arise from this case and I encourage
discussion of Sam's points.
However, do remember that this wasn't a case that actually came to court.
The parties settled among themselves before the case went to court. It thus
wasn't a case in which any court interpreted law or set any legal
precedent. The "linking license" in this case is not the product of any
judicial, executive, legislative, or other agency of government, but a
fabrication of the plaintiffs' attorneys to which the defendant has agreed
to observe.
I mention this because a lot of people think the TotalNews case sets a
precedent in the industry. If it does, it's not a legal precedent.
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