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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/

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

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/

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

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

Netlitigation: Linking, Framing, and Metatags
Issue overview and case analyses.
http://www.netlitigation.com/netlitigation/linking.htm

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

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] (October 1, 2003)
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/ethics/1065049186.php

Linking and Crawling Issues
Attorney Ivan Hoffman outlines some cases over linking and related topics. (July 9, 2003)
http://www.ivanhoffman.com/linking.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] (February 1, 2001)
http://www.llrx.com/features/internetwaves.htm

Linking and Liability
Technical aspects of linking and legal theories that may limit the right to link to other pages. [BitLaw] (March 27, 2000)
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] (August 6, 1999)
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/08/cyber/cyberlaw/06law.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] (June 30, 1998)
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/jilt/1998_2/burk/

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] (April 15, 1998)
http://www.llrx.com/features/weblink1.htm

Legal Issues on the Internet: Hyperlinking and Framing
Overview of issues in linking and framing disputes. [D-Lib magazine] (April, 1998)
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april98/04orourke.html

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] (April, 1997)
http://www.law.indiana.edu/fclj/pubs/v49/no3/jackson.html