4 People Are Speaking Their Mind

1. Drew Says:

   February 15th, 2007 at 6:54 am

   Since it was ruled in a Texas court, does that not mean that it only applies to the State of Texas?

2. Mike S Says:

   February 15th, 2007 at 8:13 am

   No, It would set a precedent for the rest of the country.

   However, I think that as a website admin and as a creator of various online media, that this decision should be upheld. It is a good step in protecting our online copyrights.
   I hate when people directly link to my pictures and use them on their myspace, or directly link to the music files on my website (and use them on their myspace!), and so on.
   If it hasn’t happened to you, then you might not understand how frustrating this is.

   Just because the internet is open and free doesn’t mean that now we all have an excuse to ignore people’s intellectual property and copyrights.

3. Paul Says:

   February 15th, 2007 at 5:03 pm

   Theres a big difference between linking to media like audiofiles and pictures and deep linking to a webpage as the webpage would likely carry branding and the potential for advertising.

4. Illusion Says:

   January 26th, 2008 at 8:47 am

   I’ve been thinking on this a lot. As far as I can see, we should continue allowing deep linking.

   A good alternative though, would be to create a browser plugin. Basically when someone clicks a link, its takes the user to the main page of the site in question, but highlights the links that the user needs to click in order to get to the page that the user is interested in.

   Each successive click brings the user one page closer to the original page that the first link referenced.

   And viola! A little inconvenient, but its solves many of the issues of deep linking.

   Portmanteau for deep-linking, deelnking

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