Neeum Zawan <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote:
> They were saying others shouldn't link to their content or 
> post extracts (your second point), claiming that fair use doesn't apply.

  Prohibiting deep-linking of articles is a curious internet phenomenon.
Many companies have this kind of prohibition in their license agreement
(which you "accept" by simply going to their website, even if you never
actually read it).

  The funny thing is that deep-linking cannot be legally prohibited. There's
no legal basis, and a lawsuit on the issue would never hold in court in any
country I know of.

  In Finland in particular, it has been *officially* and *explicitly* stated
that deep-linking is legal and prohibiting it has no legal basis. Yet there
are tons of Finnish company websites out there with the prohibition in their
license agreement.

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