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    Sites concerning the legal implications of hyperlinking, including inlining and framing pages against their author's permission, and the legality of linking to sites containing illegal content.

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    Legal Issues on the Internet: Hyperlinking and Framing

    Overview of issues in linking and framing disputes. [D-Lib magazine]
    http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april98/04orourke.html

    Link.Openly: Etiquette

    "The law has decided very little about hyperlinking, so custom and practice is a much better guide for implementers and publishers of hyperlinks." Suggestions for linking formats.
    http://www.openly.com/link.openly/etiquette.html

    What's all the Hype about Hyperlinking?

    A brief overview of some linking regulation disputes. [Jeffrey R. Kuester and Peter A. Nieves]
    http://www.patentperfect.com/hyper.htm

    The Link to Liability

    Editorial criticizing linking lawsuits and how the law is falling behind technology. [The American Lawyer]
    http://www.cli.org/DPost/Linking.html

    Thinking About Linking

    Can law accommodate the power of the Internet to share information? An overview of how old legal rules are being adapted to new media technology. [Law Library Resource Xchange]
    http://www.llrx.com/features/weblink1.htm

    Linking Copyright to Homepages

    A law review article examining the legal implications of "links", including liability and copyright. Concludes that a linking page is analogous to the publisher of a telephone book. [Federal Communications Law Journal]
    http://www.law.indiana.edu/fclj/pubs/v49/no3/jackson.html

    Linking and Liability

    Technical aspects of linking and legal theories that may limit the right to link to other pages. [BitLaw]
    http://www.bitlaw.com/internet/linking.html

    Is Linking Always Legal? The Experts Aren't Sure

    Commentary on challenges to linking rights. Free registration required. [NY Times]
    http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/08/cyber/cyberlaw/06law.html

    Linking Policies for Public Web Sites

    For librarians creating sites that link to others. Describes importance of having a linking policy, gives resources on policy creation, describes controversies. [LLRX.com]
    http://www.llrx.com/features/internetwaves.htm

    Linking and Crawling Issues

    Attorney Ivan Hoffman outlines some cases over linking and related topics.
    http://www.ivanhoffman.com/linking.html

    Netlitigation: Linking, Framing, and Metatags

    Issue overview and case analyses.
    http://www.netlitigation.com/netlitigation/linking.htm
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    Links & Law

    Clearinghouse for news and legal cases about linking.
    http://www.linksandlaw.com/

    Don't Link to Us!

    Describing to sites that attempt to impose substantial restrictions on other sites that link to them.
    http://www.dontlink.com/

    Copyright Issues Present Ongoing Dilemma: To Link or Not To Link?

    Addresses the legal and ethical issues behind the online copying and distribution of news content. [Online Journalism Review]
    http://www.ojr.org/ojr/ethics/1065049186.php

    Linking, Framing and Inlining

    Information about the law relating to deep linking, framing, and IMG links. [Nolo]
    http://www.nolo.com/article.cfm/objectID/C13F7E6B-B05E-43DF-80D62B635DF9DD9F/

    The Link Controversy Page

    Collection of information about the legal implications of hyperlinking, inlining and framing.
    http://www.jura.uni-tuebingen.de/bechtold/lcp.html

    Proprietary Rights in Hypertext Linkages

    A thesis that there is no legal grounds for excluding the operation of hypertext linkages. [JILT: The Journal of Information, Law and Technology]
    http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/jilt/1998_2/burk/

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