Is Framing Legal?
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Is Framing Legal?
I have a friend who I've contracted to build a website for me. I'm thinking of putting in a link just for news/info. My web designer says he can insert links directly from New York Times and other periodicals and have my GUI 'framed' around the articles. In other words, you click on News/Info on my site and the article to that day would appear in the center of my site. My question is, is this legal? My web designer says as long as I'm not collecting membership fee, and if you give full credit to the stories you link from, everything should be Kool n' da Gang 
? Is this true? Please help 
? Is this true? Please help
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You're getting into a sticky situation with this one...
Technically, you can consider the material similar to copywrighted written material (i.e., books, magazines, etc.). This means you cannot collect fees, you must give credit when citing any of the published material, and it is only legal to make copies for personal use, unless you have received written permission from the author or copywright holder (in this case, the New York Times). It's this last one that's the gotcha...unless your website starts pulling in a lot of viewers, I doubt anyone at NYT is going to care, but technically, if they don't give a specific disclaimer on their website allowing you to link their stories, you ARE breaking the law.
That said, do it anyway, no ones going to check and/or care.
Technically, you can consider the material similar to copywrighted written material (i.e., books, magazines, etc.). This means you cannot collect fees, you must give credit when citing any of the published material, and it is only legal to make copies for personal use, unless you have received written permission from the author or copywright holder (in this case, the New York Times). It's this last one that's the gotcha...unless your website starts pulling in a lot of viewers, I doubt anyone at NYT is going to care, but technically, if they don't give a specific disclaimer on their website allowing you to link their stories, you ARE breaking the law.
That said, do it anyway, no ones going to check and/or care.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MacGyver
[B]You're getting into a sticky situation with this one...
Technically, you can consider the material similar to copywrighted written material (i.e., books, magazines, etc.).
[B]You're getting into a sticky situation with this one...
Technically, you can consider the material similar to copywrighted written material (i.e., books, magazines, etc.).
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This is an issue that goes way back to at least 1997 when a site called "Totalnews" attempted to frame several big news sites including the Washington Post. WP took Totalnews to court and won. Here is a link to a summary of the decision:
http://www.producersconference.com/law/cas...total_news.html
http://www.producersconference.com/law/cas...total_news.html
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by DaveZ
[B]This is an issue that goes way back to at least 1997 when a site called "Totalnews" attempted to frame several big news sites including the Washington Post.
[B]This is an issue that goes way back to at least 1997 when a site called "Totalnews" attempted to frame several big news sites including the Washington Post.
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