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Singapore Linking Lawsuit

Posted by jamie on from the it's-the-web-stupid dept.

The Voice from the Void writes "Pacific Internet, an ISP in Singapore, is suing another Singapore based company for creating hyperlinks to its webpages." It's difficult to tell from the news article whether copyright infringement is also alleged, but one of the claims is that "deep hyperlinking" - to content instead of a homepage - "allowed the defendants a 'free ride'." Let's hope the Singapore court gets this one right. (I don't see anything amiss on the movies page but maybe it's been changed since the suit.)

4 comments

  1. Trademarked URL? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Would it be possible for a company to trademark their URL so nobody could link to their website?

    1. Re:Trademarked URL? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dude, get a fucking life.

      I mean, seriously.

  2. Hmm.. Abandoned story... Whazzup?!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    WTF!!??

  3. Broken link to story by Tau+Zero · · Score: 2

    I tried following the link and got a message saying that the item was not found on the server. If this is not just a transient problem, please post the correct URL as a follow-up to me (I will be checking back). Thanks.
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