The terms fail on the first para. It says that by accessing the site you accept the terms, so by reading the terms you accept them, even if you don't!
This is not enforcable since you can't object. Its a bit like the terms being in an envelope and opening it accepts them.
So If you haven't accepted them you should be able to link without their permission, after all the link is on your site and a link is a reference not property.
If you make money from the link its another story however.
A person picks up a pen and writes their thoughts on a peice of paper. Thats encoding of thoughts. But can they claim ownership of the written word. MS think so.
In the UK we spell "Colour" like that. But someone in the US thinks I can compact this to "Color" and then get payments off every one in the US.
This is maddness I am glad we have not accepted software patents in europe, it would be a disaster.
This guy should be prosecuted under the sensibly applicable laws ie for being an idiot with a low power laser. But as a terrorist ? hmmm.
Some of the posts say that a jury will sort it out, except that as a terrorist he won't get one or his own choice of council or anything you expect. And even if he does theirs plenty of t word paranoia in the US to convict with.
A recent news article here in Europe had a quote that we are in danger of "sleepwalking into a police state"
What use are laws or protections from the state if it can void them all with the t word?
Hi
The comments I am hearing on this topic are a bit ott.
Just consider a few points:
1 ) The reaction of the US government since 9/11 is understandable but in some ways its does harm and good in equal measure. Any terrorist group wants your reaction to be extreem. It works for them, you errode your hard won freedoms. I am not looking forward to my next trip to the US (not because of the US) but because I have to be photo id'ed and finger printed (even though we are called allies!)
You must get people on one side for this war on terror to work, here is an example. Imagine a motorway (freeway) full of standing traffic in both directions as far as you can see for 4 or 5 hours. This happened here in the UK in response to IRA bomb threats on moterway bridges. There were none but the disruption was massive. But the atmosphere was good people got on with it and strolled about or played footbal in the fast lane (don' get to do that too often).
2 ) The EU doesn't hate the US, some people have said this but its crap. However comments about shooting down satelites as "doing whatever is needed" are doing the US no favours. Gevernments can use the phone. I am sure bubba got someone to program his phone speed dial to work if he wants to call Tony.
The US gov must build bridges not try and order the world around. 6 Billion on the planet 250 million in the US, thats about 24 to 1.
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What do you know, the yanks do get irony after all!
The terms fail on the first para. It says that by accessing the site you accept the terms, so by reading the terms you accept them, even if you don't! This is not enforcable since you can't object. Its a bit like the terms being in an envelope and opening it accepts them. So If you haven't accepted them you should be able to link without their permission, after all the link is on your site and a link is a reference not property. If you make money from the link its another story however.
A person picks up a pen and writes their thoughts on a peice of paper. Thats encoding of thoughts. But can they claim ownership of the written word. MS think so. In the UK we spell "Colour" like that. But someone in the US thinks I can compact this to "Color" and then get payments off every one in the US. This is maddness I am glad we have not accepted software patents in europe, it would be a disaster.
This guy should be prosecuted under the sensibly applicable laws ie for being an idiot with a low power laser. But as a terrorist ? hmmm. Some of the posts say that a jury will sort it out, except that as a terrorist he won't get one or his own choice of council or anything you expect. And even if he does theirs plenty of t word paranoia in the US to convict with. A recent news article here in Europe had a quote that we are in danger of "sleepwalking into a police state" What use are laws or protections from the state if it can void them all with the t word?
Hi The comments I am hearing on this topic are a bit ott. Just consider a few points: 1 ) The reaction of the US government since 9/11 is understandable but in some ways its does harm and good in equal measure. Any terrorist group wants your reaction to be extreem. It works for them, you errode your hard won freedoms. I am not looking forward to my next trip to the US (not because of the US) but because I have to be photo id'ed and finger printed (even though we are called allies!) You must get people on one side for this war on terror to work, here is an example. Imagine a motorway (freeway) full of standing traffic in both directions as far as you can see for 4 or 5 hours. This happened here in the UK in response to IRA bomb threats on moterway bridges. There were none but the disruption was massive. But the atmosphere was good people got on with it and strolled about or played footbal in the fast lane (don' get to do that too often). 2 ) The EU doesn't hate the US, some people have said this but its crap. However comments about shooting down satelites as "doing whatever is needed" are doing the US no favours. Gevernments can use the phone. I am sure bubba got someone to program his phone speed dial to work if he wants to call Tony. The US gov must build bridges not try and order the world around. 6 Billion on the planet 250 million in the US, thats about 24 to 1.