"Deep Linking" Controversy Renewed in Texas

DaDigz writes "Wired News is reporting on a cease and desist letter sent to an independant news site by Belo, corporate parent of The Dallas Morning News, forbidding them from linking to individual stories within the site. They claim that the author can only link to the site's homepage, and attempting to link to stories within the site violates their copyright." Next week Time Magazine will require you to read pages 1-36 before reading the article you want on page 37. Don't complain, it's their copyright ;)

Comments

Being on the web does not remove copy write.

[Kenja]

As much as I dislike it, the owners of the copy write do control the distribution of their intellectual property. If the post their creation on the web that does not mean that others can make use of it however they feel like. These sites typically generate revenue from adds or additional features on their main page. By bypassing them you are removing the incentive to have web based content. While I would hate to have to pick through a web site trying to find an article that /. or another site is referencing, I also cannot argue with the desires of the site in question.