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by Brad Redfearn

This will be an interesting story to watch regarding the continuing legal battle over what is and isn’t acceptable when linking from your website to 3rd-party content.

The Associated Press is suing Moreover, a news aggregator, for using its content without licensing it. Check out the story here.

by Brad Redfearn

For those businesses wishing to provide links from their website to others, this article at BitLaw is a good primer on what is and isn’t acceptable. In general, providing a link to another website is okay, given that the context of the link is straightforward. Areas to stay away from generally include:

• Presenting the link as if the information behind it is your content, or falsely indicating that you are somehow affiliated with the party providing the information.
• The context (text surrounding the link) contains factually incorrect or defamatory information.
• Aggregating many links from a site, which can be considered a “derivitave work” under copyright law.

DISCLAIMER: We’re not attorneys, this is not legal advice. Consult with your legal counsel if you have questions.