>>>> 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.
>>
>> This seems relevant from the European Court:
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26187730
>>
>> "The owner of a website may, without the authorisation of the copyright
>> holders, redirect internet users, via hyperlinks, to protected works
>> available on a freely accessible basis on another site."
>>
>> I checked the website in question, and it seems the hyperlinks used give
>> no indication where they are going. The page text does not include the
>> link address, and the actual address is a local one to that website (I
>> assume it gets redirected to the external site once you click it).
>>
>> So this seems to indicate that you can hyperlink to any freely available
>> content without any requirement to inform the user that what they see
>> next is not your content.
>>
>
> This means I do not have to ask Christoph Hormann for his permission
> before linking to images on his website.  (If that wasn't the case,
> Google would have to ask everyone permission to include their stuff in
> their search results)
>
> However, it does not mean I can take Christoph's picture, strip the
> copyright notice and rehost it to make it appear as one of my own.

Sorry I didn't mean that, I meant it was relevant to my question about 
linking to financial charts from Yahoo.

Post a reply to this message