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Tina - I don't purport to know anything about the legality. However, I would
at the least post a notice on your site that it is not in any way connected
to Boylinks, and I would seriously consider finding someway to either rename
or isolate your site. That last thing you want is for someone, someday, to
say that you were connected with, promoting, kiddie porn.....
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Tina Manley
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 1998 11:32 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] Legal links
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.html
http://members.tripod.com/~Tina_Manley/index.html
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size=3D3>Tina - I don't purport to know anything about the legality. =
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size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>=20
owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us=20
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]<B>On Behalf Of</B> =
Tina=20
Manley<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 13, 1998 11:32 =
PM<BR><B>To:</B>=20
leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Leica] Legal=20
links<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Dear LUGnuts:<BR><BR>I have already posted =
this=20
question on PhotoPro and they are debating it furiously. I =
would love=20
to have your opinion also. What can or should I =
do?<BR><BR>Someone=20
alerted me that my web site was linked to something called Boylinks=20
at:<BR><BR><FONT color=3D#0000ff><U><A=20
href=3D"http://www.fpc.net/boylinks/picture.html" eudora =3D=20
autourl>http://www.fpc.net/boylinks/picture.html</A></FONT></U> =
<BR><BR>I=20
sent them an e-mail and asked them to remove the link. They sent the =
following reply:<BR><BR>Dear Tina Manley,<BR>Boylinks provides links =
to=20
sites that are already in the public domain and <BR>provide =
information=20
(including images) of boys. For this reason your site <BR>qualified =
for=20
inclusion.<BR>I must point out that while your site remains in the =
public=20
domain I am <BR>unable to consider removing this link.<BR>yours=20
sincerely,<BR>Blinker<BR><BR><BR>While my photographs on the site =
are=20
copyrighted, the entire website is not. What are my rights? Can they =
do=20
this?<BR><BR>Thanks -<BR><BR>Tina<BR><BR>PhotoPro seems about evenly =
divided=20
between "free speech"(they can say whatever they want) and =
"libel"(they can't say anything about you that you don't =
want them=20
to). Since the site doesn't actually copy my photos or the web =
site=20
but only points to it, it isn't really a copyright issue; however, I =
don't=20
want my site linked to "Boylinks"! What should I=20
do?<BR><BR>Thanks for your help -<BR><BR>Tina<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV>Tina Manley, ASMP</DIV><BR>
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href=3D"http://members.tripod.com/~Tina_Manley/index.html" EUDORA =
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AUTOURL>http://members.tripod.com/~Tina_Manley/index.html</A>=20
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