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ON THE PERILS OF INADEQUATE ANALOGIES
  2008 Duke L. & Tech. Rev. 0004
Copyrights & Trademarks
4/3/2008
Linking law is barely a decade old. Over the course of this short period, a wide variety of approaches have come to light. In fact, different jurisdictions have come to different conclusions regarding similar issues. Recently, there has been a new addition to the jurisprudence. A Texas holding established that linking to copyright-protected content violates copyright. This iBrief argues that the reasoning in this decision is flawed. The opposite conclusion should have been reached by applying straightforward copyright analysis and by looking to recent case law regarding hyperlinking.


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KEYWORD-LINKED ADVERTISING, TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT, AND GOOGLE'S CONTRIBUTORY LIABILITY9/1/2005
GOOGLE LIBRARY: BEYOND FAIR USE? 4/15/2005
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LIGHTS, CAMERA, LAWSUIT11/26/2003
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: STATE MERGER STATUTES AND NONASSIGNABLE LICENSES10/13/2003
STRENGTHENING THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK: THE SUPREME COURT TAKES A STAND 9/30/2003
ARE WE LEGISLATING AWAY OUR SCIENTIFIC FUTURE? THE DATABASE DEBATE9/22/2003
STUDENTS, MUSIC AND THE NET: A COMMENT ON PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING9/17/2003
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INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER LIABILITY FOR CONTRIBUTORY TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT AFTER GUCCI12/9/2002
THE EXTRATERRITORIAL REACH OF TRADEMARKS ON THE INTERNET6/4/2002
AN INTERVIEW WITH CASPAR BOWDEN4/30/2002
COURT GIVES THUMBS-UP FOR USE OF THUMBNAIL PICTURES ONLINE4/16/2002
Universal City Studios, Inc. V. Corley : The Constitutional Under Pinnings of Fair Use Remain in Open Question2/14/2002
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HACKING DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDERS: POTENTIAL COPYRIGHT LIABILITY FOR DVR HACKERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS8/17/2001
COPYRIGHTS IN COMPUTER-GENERATED WORKS: WHOM, IF ANYONE, DO WE REWARD?7/11/2001
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