On 29/01/14 14:36, scott wrote:
>> If the web page is in the public domain, there is nothing to stop you
>> linking there. However, you must make it clear that Yahoo (to use your
>> example) are the owners of that linked page. You would probably have to
>> make this clear before the user clicked the button. Something like
>> 'Click here to see Yahoo Finance results' would suffice.
> 
> Ah ok, so the illegal bit is not making it clear that the content is
> owned by someone else. I guess that's why in Google image search it
> shows the web domain it comes from when you hover over a result.
> 
> So in my Yahoo example, given that the Yahoo pages and the charts
> themselves all show the Yahoo name and a copyright notice, in theory I
> should be free to include these on a web site or app, so long as I make
> it clear they come from Yahoo.com (or whatever) and I don't deliberately
> hide or obscure the Yahoo name and copyright notice.
> 

That is my understanding, yes. It might still be wise to get permission.

John
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