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I agree that this is unworkable in practice, but I can see the reason for concern, esp. since "deep linking" is looking increasingly dodgy legally speaking. But I think the only practical approach to this is to provide a "guide to good linking practice". Whoever created rule 3 clearly overlooked the fact that links change with alarming regularity, so not only will approval have to be sought when the page is created, but presumably every few months thereafter as the links change! Cheers, Colin > > -----Original Message----- > From: WEBMASTER [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 1:09 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Avoiding copyright infringement > > The following guidelines are being considered here for all colleagues > constructing web pages. > > Comments would be welcome. 1, 3 and 4 seem pretty straightforward, but as main > college webby I'm concerned about point 3. > > 3) We are now advised that permission should be sought for every external link > to ANY other website. Could you please therefore follow steps 1 & 2 above for > all links as well. > > > As long as the linked site is not presented within the browser as being part of the linking site, I can't see any point in item 3. In fact, I consider item 3 to be unworkable and pointless -- good grief, the working hours that would be spent doing this! What next, being forced to get permission to cite a journal or newspaper article? The web is an open media based on the use of hyperlinks -- if people put up a building on open ground they can't complain when people point it out to each other. > > Sean Wilcock > > Lecturer > School of Information Management > Priestley Room 108 > Beckett Park > Leeds Metropolitan University > > Tel: (0)113 283-2600 ext 5162 > -- _________________________________________________ Colin K. Work, Information Resources Manager Computing Services University of Southampton email [log in to unmask] tel. (023) 8059 3090 (direct line)