Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Blogging is dead! (Long live the Blog!)
A recent court decision has ruled that not only are small thumbnail images linking to other sites a breach of copyright law, but apparently so are the links themsleves. Apparently this particular judge felt that linking was not covered by the "fair use" standard which is usually applied. The ramifications of this ruling are enormous. Blogging would be especially hard hit if this were to be upheld, as links are the lifeblood of the blog. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed and amicus brief on behalf of Arriba, the parent company of ditto.com, the defendant in this case.
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