Law

Links, not chains

BT lost. Judge McMahon found in her summary judgment of British Telecommunications v. Prodigy that

In contrast to what BT would have us believe, there are no disputed issues of material fact in this case. Instead, the two sides reach vastly different conclusions based on the same set of facts. I find that, as a matter of law, no jury could find that Prodigy infringes the Sargent patent, whether directly or contributorily, either as part of the Internet or on its Web server viewed separate and apart from the Internet.

Now we can go back to arguing whether deep links are different in character from shallow links, without having to pay BT for the privilege.

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