Continuing the Linking Liability discussion I recently contacted Dr. Stephan Ott for his views on the liability of linking to infringing content. Stephan is from Germany and runs the site Links and Law and has a number of publications relating ... (more...) Summary: There have been 3 court cases in the US where sites were forced to take down links leading to infringing material on external sites. The sites were found guilty of ‘contributory infringement’ for simply linking. Although unclear the law leans in favor of content owner so ... (more...) Summary: QuickSilverScreen is a US based website that is being forced to shut down or be given away for free after Fox claimed that LINKING to TV Shows on video sharing sites like YouTube and DailyMotion is illegal. Fox also alledgedly claims the site cannot be sold by the ... (more...)