Technocrat.net: The Concept of Reference Is Missing From Copyright Law

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 6, 2000

“Postulate that Web Site A has excellent content, and spends
a lot of money to create it. Web Site B decides to create a web
page displaying a page of content from Web Site A in a frame, with
Web Site B’s advertiser in a banner ad above that frame.”

“Question: under present copyright law for your country, is
Web Site B infringing Web Site A’s copyright?”

“I asked an attorney about this recently. You might find the
answer interesting.”

“The attorney (who works in California) said Nobody knows.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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