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

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Sep 25, 2008 1:49 PM EDT
ars technica; By Nate Anderson
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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 anamici 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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