Comments on: Is it Becoming Illegal to do Anything? http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/ What would OJ do? Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: OJ http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-198 OJ Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:03:56 +0000 http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/#comment-198 The problem isn't that you're not allowed to link directly to movies - that's a bit of a given. If you have some content on your site you'd want the link to be pointed at the "entry point" for that content (whatever that may be). The problem I have is with the terms they use. You can't "link to copyrighted material". That doesn't mean it's just movies - it could be anything. It's too grey, and hence opens up a world possible law suits. What's to stop some dude whining about the fact that you've (unknowingly) linked to his content at the wrong point? He sues, you don't have a leg to stand on. <strong>That</strong> is what I have an issue with :) The problem isn’t that you’re not allowed to link directly to movies – that’s a bit of a given. If you have some content on your site you’d want the link to be pointed at the “entry point” for that content (whatever that may be).

The problem I have is with the terms they use. You can’t “link to copyrighted material”. That doesn’t mean it’s just movies – it could be anything. It’s too grey, and hence opens up a world possible law suits.

What’s to stop some dude whining about the fact that you’ve (unknowingly) linked to his content at the wrong point? He sues, you don’t have a leg to stand on. That is what I have an issue with :)

]]> By: OJ http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-2374 OJ Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:03:00 +0000 http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/#comment-2374 The problem isn't that you're not allowed to link directly to movies - that's a bit of a given. If you have some content on your site you'd want the link to be pointed at the "entry point" for that content (whatever that may be). The problem I have is with the terms they use. You can't "link to copyrighted material". That doesn't mean it's just movies - it could be anything. It's too grey, and hence opens up a world possible law suits. What's to stop some dude whining about the fact that you've (unknowingly) linked to his content at the wrong point? He sues, you don't have a leg to stand on. <strong>That</strong> is what I have an issue with :) The problem isn’t that you’re not allowed to link directly to movies – that’s a bit of a given. If you have some content on your site you’d want the link to be pointed at the “entry point” for that content (whatever that may be).

The problem I have is with the terms they use. You can’t “link to copyrighted material”. That doesn’t mean it’s just movies – it could be anything. It’s too grey, and hence opens up a world possible law suits.

What’s to stop some dude whining about the fact that you’ve (unknowingly) linked to his content at the wrong point? He sues, you don’t have a leg to stand on. That is what I have an issue with :)

]]> By: Gav http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Gav Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:19:58 +0000 http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/#comment-197 It's not just down under... http://www.theregister.com/2007/01/23/texas_court_bans_deep_linking/ Although, to be fair, I can see the the problem with linking directly to an audio file rather than the page it is hosted on. The people using the link wouldn't get to see the rest of the content on the hosting site and the hosting site will be missing out advertising revenue. It’s not just down under… http://www.theregister.com/2007/01/23/texas_court_bans_deep_linking/

Although, to be fair, I can see the the problem with linking directly to an audio file rather than the page it is hosted on. The people using the link wouldn’t get to see the rest of the content on the hosting site and the hosting site will be missing out advertising revenue.

]]> By: Gav http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-2373 Gav Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:19:00 +0000 http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/#comment-2373 It's not just down under... http://www.theregister.com/2007/01/23/texas_court_bans_deep_linking/ Although, to be fair, I can see the the problem with linking directly to an audio file rather than the page it is hosted on. The people using the link wouldn't get to see the rest of the content on the hosting site and the hosting site will be missing out advertising revenue. It’s not just down under… http://www.theregister.com/2007/01/23/texas_court_bans_deep_linking/

Although, to be fair, I can see the the problem with linking directly to an audio file rather than the page it is hosted on. The people using the link wouldn’t get to see the rest of the content on the hosting site and the hosting site will be missing out advertising revenue.

]]> By: OJ http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-196 OJ Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:17:52 +0000 http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/#comment-196 They are links which you can click on to automagically do things like add the blog post to del.icio.us or Digg!. There's a stack of sites out there which aggregate blogs, provide links to similar stories, and list "popular posts" and those buttons let the reader submit the blog post with a single click. I put them there in the hope that some people might read what I write and think that it's good enough to submit, and as time goes by the traffic to the site should increase. That's basically it :) They are links which you can click on to automagically do things like add the blog post to del.icio.us or Digg!.

There’s a stack of sites out there which aggregate blogs, provide links to similar stories, and list “popular posts” and those buttons let the reader submit the blog post with a single click.

I put them there in the hope that some people might read what I write and think that it’s good enough to submit, and as time goes by the traffic to the site should increase.

That’s basically it :)

]]> By: OJ http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-2372 OJ Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:17:00 +0000 http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/#comment-2372 They are links which you can click on to automagically do things like add the blog post to del.icio.us or Digg!. There's a stack of sites out there which aggregate blogs, provide links to similar stories, and list "popular posts" and those buttons let the reader submit the blog post with a single click. I put them there in the hope that some people might read what I write and think that it's good enough to submit, and as time goes by the traffic to the site should increase. That's basically it :) They are links which you can click on to automagically do things like add the blog post to del.icio.us or Digg!.

There’s a stack of sites out there which aggregate blogs, provide links to similar stories, and list “popular posts” and those buttons let the reader submit the blog post with a single click.

I put them there in the hope that some people might read what I write and think that it’s good enough to submit, and as time goes by the traffic to the site should increase.

That’s basically it :)

]]> By: Keef http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Keef Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:52:58 +0000 http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/#comment-195 What's with the little gay icons at the bottom of yer posts OJ? What’s with the little gay icons at the bottom of yer posts OJ?

]]> By: Keef http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-2371 Keef Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:52:00 +0000 http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/#comment-2371 What's with the little gay icons at the bottom of yer posts OJ? What’s with the little gay icons at the bottom of yer posts OJ?

]]> By: Keef http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Keef Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:10:17 +0000 http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/#comment-194 No external linking? Bollocks. How the hell are they ever going to enforce that? It's almost as bad as people trying to sue Google for not placing their company high enough in search results. No external linking? Bollocks. How the hell are they ever going to enforce that?

It’s almost as bad as people trying to sue Google for not placing their company high enough in search results.

]]> By: Keef http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-2370 Keef Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:10:00 +0000 http://buffered.io/2006/12/23/is-it-becoming-illegal-to-do-anything/#comment-2370 No external linking? Bollocks. How the hell are they ever going to enforce that? It's almost as bad as people trying to sue Google for not placing their company high enough in search results. No external linking? Bollocks. How the hell are they ever going to enforce that?

It’s almost as bad as people trying to sue Google for not placing their company high enough in search results.

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