The Latest in IT Security

EU Court of Justice: hyperlinks to copyrighted content are legal, if both sites let users see it for free

14
Feb
2014

Its common practice for those of us who make our living on the internet to link out to other websites in the stories we publish — in fact, we here at Engadget consider it a necessary part of good reporting. In the EU, however, theres been some doubt as to whether such behavior constitutes copyright infringement. Thankfully, today the EU Court of Justice held that, as long as the source itself is freely accessible to the public, such hyperlinks dont run afoul of copyright law.

Comments are closed.

Categories

FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2024
WHITE PAPERS

Mission-Critical Broadband – Why Governments Should Partner with Commercial Operators:
Many governments embrace mobile network operator (MNO) networks as ...

ARA at Scale: How to Choose a Solution That Grows With Your Needs:
Application release automation (ARA) tools enable best practices in...

The Multi-Model Database:
Part of the “new normal” where data and cloud applications are ...

Featured

Archives

Latest Comments