FC: Ticketmaster v. Tickets.com deep-linking opinion now online

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Judge OKs deep hyperlinking

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge ruled that online companies can legally 
offer links to rival Web sites, a service many new Internet firms use to 
attract new users.

The ruling was in favor of upstart Tickets.com, which was the defendant in 
a lawsuit filed by Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch Inc. that alleged 
so-called ''hyperlinking'' should be banned.
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> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:09:33 -0500
> To: declan () well com
> From: Doug Isenberg <disenberg () GigaLaw com>
> Subject: Ticketmaster v. Tickets.com deep-linking opinion online
>
> Declan:
>
>         FYI, the Ticketmaster v. Tickets.com deep-linking opinion is now 
> available online on GigaLaw.com, at 
> http://www.gigalaw.com/library/ticketmaster-tickets-2000-03-27.html 
> .  Upon reading the opinion, it's obvious to see that it's not as broad 
> as reported.  Also, the opinion provides some interesting discussion 
> about the enforceability of web site "terms and conditions," too.
>
> Doug
>
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> Editor & Publisher, GigaLaw.com
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