Brillant Logic in Action:The Internet is now Illeagle

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Brillant Logic in Action:The Internet is now Illeagle

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To save time I'll ask everyone who finds news of the odd and the funny dealing with Logic to be put in that format Brillant Logic in Action:(subject) makes it easy to spot and lets everyone know ahead of time what its about easier :)

Now then onto the Story
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/2002 ... -links.htm

You can read the news story for yourself there but onto the logic behind it

The Court has rulled that linking to another site is now illeagle

:)

Think about that one for a second then comment

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Well, then there would be no ads in webpages that link to other sites. Excellent!
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"Well, then there would be no ads in webpages that link to other sites. Excellent!"

There would also be no linkages between computers like say... DNS?

That would indeed outlaw the Internet.
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Like I said Brillant Logic in action :)

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The internet is illeagle? I had no idea it was a sick bird... :P
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BRILLIANT!
So the internet is illegal, this is like when Palpatine removed the holonet.
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"BRILLIANT!
So the internet is illegal, this is like when Palpatine removed the holonet."


Yeah, kinda, only with it's actually real.
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Eleas wrote:Yeah, kinda, only with it's actually real.
Hopefully the stupidity won't spread.
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"Hopefully the stupidity won't spread."

I hear ya.
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Crayz9000 wrote:
Eleas wrote:Yeah, kinda, only with it's actually real.
Hopefully the stupidity won't spread.
For the love of God don't step outside your house then!

You may get a shock.
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Admiral Valdemar wrote:For the love of God don't step outside your house then!
You may get a shock.
I meant the stupidity concerning this particular issue. I know, dumb people exist everywhere. They've probably existed since the time of Og.

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Google may be in for trouble..
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"Google may be in for trouble.."

Actually, everyone using hyperlinks may be. Wooo.
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Gee I wonder why I called it Brillant Logic in Action:The Internet is now Illegale
(wonders why it took them two days to figure out thats what he ment by the post)
Was everyone having a bad day that day or did you just forget the title?

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BlueExcalibur wrote:Well, then there would be no ads in webpages that link to other sites. Excellent!
can people wait and think for a second. If there is no links then no Ads. If no Ads, no source of income from the website that is free to the users. If no source of income for a website for someone looking for a source of income, they will start charging the users. Good thnk that it is in the Netherlands (I think, don't remember) and that it is not meant all links like Ads and instead meant to encourage them.
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The ruling does not make linking illegal.

it makes DEEP LINKING illegal.

the difference? If I link to the Spacebattles forum index, it's legal. If I link to a specific thread in the non sci-fi forum, it's a deep link and hense illegal.

basicaly, it's to prevent the linking to specific subpages of a site to avoid announcements/advertizements/etc that said site relies on.

Linkin to stardestroyer from spacebattles is fine. Linking to Mike's specific page showing chapter 3 of his story is a different matter.
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But that's just Danish court, right? I mean, as long as I'm not linking to any Danish sites, I'm in the clear, right? I hope...

Freaking Danish newspapers.
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Because if that's not just for the Danish, a MAJOR FACE ROCKING EXCURSION© will have to be staged.
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And as for them damn, dirty, Danish newspapers, A MINOR FACE ROCKING EXCURSION© has been dispatched to deal with them.
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