that's exactly it. if they don't know it's "your" site because i've framed it, then i _can_ take credit for your work. besides, i've noticed that people always refer to the page they get the link from, rather than the site itself when they tell others of a good site. they never say "this is a great page". they always say "i found a great link to this page". i worked for a marketing company and some of the internal research we did found that people remembered the referring page rather than the page itself. it's always something like "i found a link on this site to x page" and most people are unaware that they've gone to a different page unless the layout is dramatically different from what they were just looking at.
not necessarily. i can put a link on my page that takes someone to your site, but that doesn't mean you are going to be mentioned. Say there is a document on your site, and i refer to a specific part of it. i link to it. the person reads that part, then goes on their merry way. no credit went to you there. the person read the information and wandered off. so much for credit. for all the other person knew, it was simply a jump to another part of my page. unless you specifically take the time to identify the link, or the page on the other end of the link is specifically labelled as yours, then you won't get credit for it. hence the problem with intellectual property.
i think that copyright has some legalities. if the link isn't credited, then there might be some legal base for action (i'm not familiar with the technicalities of copyright law, so correct me if i'm wrong). however, as for suing someone for linking to your page, as long as they're not taking material and claiming it to be theirs or somehow blocking your rightful copyright, then that's different. of course, this comes along with a whole intellectual property kind of issue that muddles everything up. but in the interests of maintaining an open source of information (a la WWW), then suing someone for having a link to your site seems kind of idiotic. it's like saying i don't want you referring anyone to me, so if you do, i'm going to sue you for everything you own and take your toys away. seems kind of ridiculous.
Slashdot Mirror
that's exactly it. if they don't know it's "your" site because i've framed it, then i _can_ take credit for your work. besides, i've noticed that people always refer to the page they get the link from, rather than the site itself when they tell others of a good site. they never say "this is a great page". they always say "i found a great link to this page". i worked for a marketing company and some of the internal research we did found that people remembered the referring page rather than the page itself. it's always something like "i found a link on this site to x page" and most people are unaware that they've gone to a different page unless the layout is dramatically different from what they were just looking at.
not necessarily. i can put a link on my page that takes someone to your site, but that doesn't mean you are going to be mentioned. Say there is a document on your site, and i refer to a specific part of it. i link to it. the person reads that part, then goes on their merry way. no credit went to you there. the person read the information and wandered off. so much for credit. for all the other person knew, it was simply a jump to another part of my page. unless you specifically take the time to identify the link, or the page on the other end of the link is specifically labelled as yours, then you won't get credit for it. hence the problem with intellectual property.
i think that copyright has some legalities. if the link isn't credited, then there might be some legal base for action (i'm not familiar with the technicalities of copyright law, so correct me if i'm wrong). however, as for suing someone for linking to your page, as long as they're not taking material and claiming it to be theirs or somehow blocking your rightful copyright, then that's different. of course, this comes along with a whole intellectual property kind of issue that muddles everything up. but in the interests of maintaining an open source of information (a la WWW), then suing someone for having a link to your site seems kind of idiotic. it's like saying i don't want you referring anyone to me, so if you do, i'm going to sue you for everything you own and take your toys away. seems kind of ridiculous.