ISSUE-25

deepLinking-25

What to say in defense of principle that deep linking isnot an illegal act?

State:

CLOSED

Product:

Raised by:

Tim Berners-Lee

Opened on:

2002-07-05

Description:

Strawman from Tim Bray:
The architecture of the World Wide Web does not support the notion of a "home page" or a "gateway page", and any effort in law to pretend otherwise is therefore bad policy. The publication of a Uniform Resource Identifier is, in the architecture of the Web, a statement that a resource is available for retrieval. The technical protocols which are used for Web interaction provide a variety of means for site operators to control access, including password protection and the requirement that users take a particular route to a page. It would be appropriate to bring the law to bear against those who violate these protocols. It is not appropriate to use it in the case where information consumers are using the Web according to its published rules of operation.
 

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Related emails:

1. Minutes of 3 November 2003 TAG teleconference (from on 2003-11-15)
2. Minutes of 15-17 November 2003 TAG face-to-face meeting in Shin-Yokohama, Japan (from on 2003-11-15)
3. (from on 2003-11-03)
4. Minutes of 6-8 October 2003 TAG face-to-face meeting in Bristol (from on 2003-10-08)
5. Minutes of 15 September 2003 TAG teleconference (from on 2003-09-15)
6. Minutes of 15 September 2003 TAG teleconference (from on 2003-09-15)
7. Minutes of 17 Feb 2003 TAG teleconference (from on 2003-02-17)
8. Minutes of 6-7 Feb 2003 TAG ftf meeting (from on 2003-02-07)
9. Minutes of 6-7 Feb 2003 TAG ftf meeting (from on 2003-02-07)
10. [Minutes] 09 Sep 2002 TAG teleconf (from Norman Walsh on 2002-09-09)
11. Minutes of 30 August 2002 TAG teleconference (from on 2002-08-30)
12. Minutes of 22 July 2002 TAG teleconference (from on 2002-07-22)
13. Potential wild-card issue outside W3C: legality of deep linking (from Tim Bray on 2002-07-05)

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