RE: Adding header to pages

> From: Kendall Lister [SMTP:kendall@charon.net.au]
>
> On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Delfim Machado wrote:
>
> > Don't forget of the PAGES COPYRIGHT
> >
> > chaging the pages is a crime !
>
> Take a deep breath, and think before you speak. Transfering a copy of a
> web page across a network and viewing it on a computer is equally a breach
> of copyright, not to mention storing copies of web pages in proxy caches.
>
        I think it is normally taken that a simple cacheing proxy
        is something that content providers can reasonably expect,
        unless they take steps to make the page uncacheable.

        On the other hand, adding a bnner is in violation of
        the explicit permissible use rules for at least one
        commercial web site (see filtering in
        <http://us.imdb.com/terms>). As a consequence, you will
        need to vet and white list all URLs before adding a
        banner.

        I don't know whether there have been any court decisions in
        this area.
Received on Tue Jan 04 2000 - 08:51:46 MST