Ars Technica: Europe’s top court mulls legality of hyperlinks—shockwaves could be huge for Web users
Imagine having to check that none of your links' links are unauthorised, and so on.
Europe's highest court is considering whether every hyperlink in a Web page should be checked for potentially linking to material that infringes copyright, before it can be used. Such a legal requirement would place an unreasonable burden on anyone who uses hyperlinks, thereby destroying the Web we know and love.
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WNU Editor: One thing that a lot of people like about this blog is my use of numerous links to other news sources on a news story. But if the EU Court rules that this is no longer legal .... I would estimate that this practice will probably come to an end. Finding and posting other links takes a long time, and while I do check on whether it is permitted to link to a news story ... the fact that I would then be forced to always check on links from news sources that I have always felt comfortable with in the past would severely cut in the content on what I provide.
More News On The EU Court To Examine The Legality Of Using Hyper-Links
Europe’s top court mulls legality of hyperlinks to copyrighted content -- Ars Technica
Highest EU Court Considers Criminalizing Website Hyperlinks -- Infowars
Europe considers the legality of the humble, yet powerful, hyperlink -- The Next Web
It killed Safe Harbor. Will Europe's highest court now kill off hyperlinks? -- The Register
