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[3] David REITER, Elizabeth BLUMENFELD, and Mark BOULDING, eds., Internet Law for the Business Lawyer, Chicago, Book Publishing American Bar Association Section of Business Law, 2001, 135.
[4] E.R. QUINN, WebSurfing 101: The Evolving Law of Hyperlinking, 2 Barry Law Review 37, at 43 2001; Henry H. PERRITT, Law and the Information Superhighway, Second Edition, Gaithersburg-New York, Aspen Law & Business Aspen Publishers, 2001, 705; David REITER, Elizabeth BLUMENFELD, and Mark BOULDING, eds., Internet Law for the Business Lawyer, Chicago, Book Publishing American Bar Association Section of Business Law, 2001, 136-137.
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[6] See R. RAYSMAN and P. BROWN, Dangerous Liaisons: The Legal Risks of Linking Web Sites, N.Y.L.J., April 8, 1997.
[7] http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/cyberlaw/btelprdgy82202dec.pdf.
[8] WWW-pioneers Berners-Lee and Cailliau have both written down their experiences on the creation of the WWW: T. BERNERS - LEE, Weaving The Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web By its Inventor 1999; J. GILLIES and R. CAILLIAU, How the Web was Born 2000.
[9] T. BERNERS - LEE, Realizing the Full Potential of the Web, at http://www.w3.org/1998/02/Potential.html, consulted on February 8, 2003.
[10] Shetland Times Ltd. v. Wills, 1997 S.L.T. 669 Sess. Cas. 1996; Cfr. Bernstein v. J.C. Penney, Inc., No. 98-2958-RCC.D. Ca., dismissed September 22, 1998.
[11] M. SABLEMAN, Link Law Revisited: Internet Linking Law at Five Years, 16 Berkeley Technology Law Journal notes 62 to 73 2001; See also for a New Zealand commentary Hypertext links: Are they legal?, at http://web.archive.org/web/200101191254, consulted on February 16, 2004.
[12] C.D. Ca., complaint filed April 28, 1997.
[13] 2000 WL 525390 March 27, 2000; cfr. A Dutch case deciding to the contrary is, involving the Church of Scientology reported in http://www.hrea.org/lists/huridocs-tech/manhup/msg00171.html, consulted on April 30, 2003.
[14] 2000 WL 1887522 C.D.Ca. August 10, 2000.
[15] D. Utah, December 6, 1999.
[16] 17 U.S.C. 1201 a 2, itself based on art. 11 TRIPS.
[17] 111 F. Supp. 2d 211, 294 S.D.N.Y. 2000.
[18] at 312-313.
[19] P. DUGGAL, To link or not to link - the judicial view at www.cyberlaws.net/cyberindia/linking.html, consulted on February 16, 2004.
[20] 77 F. Supp. 2d 1116 C.D.Ca. 1999.
[21] 280 F.3d 934 9th Cir. 2002.
[22] M. SABLEMAN, notes 145-146; see R. QUICK, 'Framing' Muddies Issue of Content Ownership: Technology Lets Sites Alter Presentation of Others' Web Pages, Wall St. J., January 30, 1997, B8: the fan's Dilbert webpage was arranged for easier viewing than the official website.
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[24] see http://www.Courttv.com/legaldocs/cyberlaw/totalnew.html, consulted on February 15, 2003, for the Washington Post's complaint.
[25] See J. LEYDEN, Castrol Faces Car Sites - Publisher Sues, The Register, January 10, 2001, at http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/15978.html, consulted on February 15, 2003.
[26] 45 U.S.P.Q. 2d 2005, affirmed, 152 F. 3d 925 9th C 1998.
[27] See E.R. QUINN at 58.
[28] eBay, Inc. v. Bidder's Edge, 100 F. Supp. 2d 1058 N.D.Ca. 2000.
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[31] K.J. KOELMAN, note under Vriend v. Batavus in AMI, Tijdschrift voor auteurs-, media en informatierecht, jan/feb 2004, 32-35.
[32] See for an example of a click-on agreement http://www.ul.com/hyperlink.htm, consulted on April 30, 2003.
[33] L. M.C.R. GUIBAULT, Copyright Limitations and Contracts - An Analysis of the Contractual Overridability of Limitations on Copyright, 2002, 111; C. GIROT, User Protection in IT Contracts - A Comparative Study of the User Against Defective Performance in Information Technology, 2001, 366; B.W.M. TROMPENAARS "Legal Support for On-line Contracts" in P.B. HUGENHOLTZ, Copyright and Electronic Commerce - Legal Aspects of Electronic Copyright Management,2000, 267.
[34] R.K. HERRMANN, "Why you need cross-link agreements", in The internet newsletter - Legal and business aspects, at web.archive.org/web/199802120124 consulted on February 16, 2004.
[35] Stipulation Order of Settlement and Dismissed, Washington Post Co. V. Total News, Inc., No. 97 Civ. 1190 PKL S.D.N.Y., filed June 7, 1997, at http://www.courttv.com/legaldocs/cyberlaw/totalnew.html, consulted on February 16, 2003.
[36] Subcommittee on Interactive Servers of the Committee on the Law of Commerce in Cyberspace, Web-linking Agreements: Contracting Strategies and Model Provisions, 1997 A.B.A. Sec. Bus. L., 1-2.
[37] See E.R. QUINN, in fine.