Speaking of web ethics... read this excellent article and expanded sources: "Netscape World online has an article discussing the legal issues pertaining to framing AND linking to other people's sites without their permission. Since many of us are placing many links on our pages and encouraging students to do the same, we really need to be aware of some of the issues addressed here, and the court decisions that have been made (and are being made) in this regard. It's Ok to Put a Link to another Site on my Page, right? Maybe not. http://www.netscapeworld.com/netscapeworld/nw-06-1997/nw-06-bestpract.html Excerpt: >Last year the state of Georgia passed a law making it a crime >to link to someone's site without their permission....There >is a body of cases suggesting that you can be charged under >such a law even if you never set foot in Georgia.... >A related issue occurs when someone uses a copyrighted image, say >a corporate logo as a clickable image map to link someone to the >corporate site. This is quite logical, but it is also a copyright >violation unless you have the permission of the logo's owner." From=20the *best* source on the Web I have ever found, Tracy Marks. Posted to other lists. [EDTECH Editor 8 Note: the original post by Tracy is included below. Lisa] --=20 Pat Gantt ~ pagantt@worldnet.att.net=20 The University of Tennessee ~ M.S., HRD Electronic Performance Support Systems http://members.tripod.com/~votechstudy/index.html -O_-- Doing it the hard way is always easier =BA=BF Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 09:21:55 -0600 X-From: Tracy Marks <tmar@tiac.net> To: NETTRAIN@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU Subject: Linking: Article on legal issues Netscape World online has an article discussing the legal issues pertaining to framing AND linking to other people's sites without their permission. Since many of us are placing many links on our pages and encouraging students to do the same, we really need to be aware of some of the issues addressed here, and the court decisions that have been made (and are being made) in this regard. [20 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go.py?choice=message&table=06_1997&mid=2175758&hilit=COPYRIGHT+COPYRIGHTED+LEGAL> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 06_1997&2006447 Score: 84 Subject: Possible Fraudulent Appropriation and Use of a Netcom Users Account