tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229721367671779922.post8326119823593672037..comments2022-12-13T09:58:51.817+00:00Comments on Cyberleagle: Svensson - free to link or link at your risk?Cyberleaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507190182464072147noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229721367671779922.post-70126465358329885572014-05-30T13:41:38.816+01:002014-05-30T13:41:38.816+01:00Assuming I own the copyright :-) the article has b...Assuming I own the copyright :-) the article has been made freely available on the internet with the authorisation of the copyright owner, so no permission to link required.Cyberleaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17507190182464072147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229721367671779922.post-13939971315402292912014-05-30T13:32:23.957+01:002014-05-30T13:32:23.957+01:00I'd like to put a link to this article on my w...I'd like to put a link to this article on my website blog: would that be okay? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898040728551874985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229721367671779922.post-17968965100828082812014-02-19T22:42:03.841+00:002014-02-19T22:42:03.841+00:00I do find the idea that merely indicating where so...I do find the idea that merely indicating where something may be obtained on request is a form of communication of that thing to the public rather worrying. A link is just a piece of text that is designed for a computer to interpret (and hence is easy to automate). Whether or not it communicates anything depends on what the server linked to decides to return, which will often be completely outside the control or knowledge of the person who wrote and/or published the link. It seems to me that trying not to break the internet by leaning on the "new public" criterion is very risky and unlikely to work for the sorts of reasons you outline.<br /><br />If I tell you there's a good book title "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" on a particular shelf of the public library it seems a stretch to say that I communicate the contents of that book to you, but a link is essentially no different from such a statement.Francis Daveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10228026893626221724noreply@blogger.com