Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --------------BEB0A822E1757C28836520FC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Tina, I followed the link with some trepidation and after looking for 5 minutes I fully understand why you do not want your site linked to this sleaze. I am not a lawyer, but I guess you cannot do much about it from a legal viewpoint. One remedy that comes to mind is to change the URL of your site frequently--that way the perverts who try to surf over to your site will end up in a blind alley. I think you can do it at Tripod quite easily. Nathan Tina Manley wrote: > Dear LUGnuts: > > I have already posted this question on PhotoPro and they are debating > it furiously. I would love to have your opinion also. What can or > should I do? > > Someone alerted me that my web site was linked to something called > Boylinks at: > > http://www.fpc.net/boylinks/picture.html > > I sent them an e-mail and asked them to remove the link. They sent the > following reply: > > Dear Tina Manley, > Boylinks provides links to sites that are already in the public domain > and > provide information (including images) of boys. For this reason your > site > qualified for inclusion. > I must point out that while your site remains in the public domain I > am > unable to consider removing this link. > yours sincerely, > Blinker > > > While my photographs on the site are copyrighted, the entire website > is not. What are my rights? Can they do this? > > Thanks - > > Tina > > PhotoPro seems about evenly divided between "free speech"(they can say > whatever they want) and "libel"(they can't say anything about you that > you don't want them to). Since the site doesn't actually copy my > photos or the web site but only points to it, it isn't really a > copyright issue; however, I don't want my site linked to "Boylinks"! > What should I do? > > Thanks for your help - > > Tina > Tina Manley, > ASMP http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.htmlhttp://members.tripod.com/~Tina_Manley/index.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium Photography page: http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html - --------------BEB0A822E1757C28836520FC Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> Hi Tina, <P>I followed the link with some trepidation and after looking for 5 minutes I fully understand why you do not want your site linked to this sleaze. I am not a lawyer, but I guess you cannot do much about it from a legal viewpoint. One remedy that comes to mind is to change the URL of your site frequently--that way the perverts who try to surf over to your site will end up in a blind alley. I think you can do it at Tripod quite easily. <P>Nathan <P>Tina Manley wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> Dear LUGnuts: <P>I have already posted this question on PhotoPro and they are debating it furiously. I would love to have your opinion also. What can or should I do? <P>Someone alerted me that my web site was linked to something called Boylinks at: <P><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><A HREF="http://www.fpc.net/boylinks/picture.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.fpc.net/boylinks/picture.html</A></FONT></U> <P>I sent them an e-mail and asked them to remove the link. They sent the following reply: <P>Dear Tina Manley, <BR>Boylinks provides links to sites that are already in the public domain and <BR>provide information (including images) of boys. For this reason your site <BR>qualified for inclusion. <BR>I must point out that while your site remains in the public domain I am <BR>unable to consider removing this link. <BR>yours sincerely, <BR>Blinker <BR> <P>While my photographs on the site are copyrighted, the entire website is not. What are my rights? Can they do this? <P>Thanks - <P>Tina <P>PhotoPro seems about evenly divided between "free speech"(they can say whatever they want) and "libel"(they can't say anything about you that you don't want them to). Since the site doesn't actually copy my photos or the web site but only points to it, it isn't really a copyright issue; however, I don't want my site linked to "Boylinks"! What should I do? <P>Thanks for your help - <P>Tina <BR> Tina Manley, ASMP <A HREF="http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html" EUDORA="AUTOURL">http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html</A><A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~Tina_Manley/index.html" EUDORA="AUTOURL">http://members.tripod.com/~Tina_Manley/index.html</A></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>-- <BR>Nathan Wajsman <BR>Overijse, Belgium <P>Photography page: <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html">http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html</A> <BR>Motorcycle page: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html">http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html</A> <BR> </HTML> - --------------BEB0A822E1757C28836520FC--