Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/13

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Subject: [Leica] Legal links
From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 23:32:02 -0500

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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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Dear LUGnuts:<br>
<br>
I have already posted this question on PhotoPro and they are debating it
furiously.&nbsp; I would love to have your opinion also.&nbsp; What can
or should I do?<br>
<br>
Someone alerted me that my web site was linked to something called
Boylinks at:<br>
<br>
<font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://www.fpc.net/boylinks/picture.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.fpc.net/boylinks/picture.html</a></font></u>
<br>
<br>
I 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 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>
<br>
<br>
While my photographs on the site are copyrighted, the entire website is not. What are my rights? Can they do this?<br>
<br>
Thanks -<br>
<br>
Tina<br>
<br>
PhotoPro seems about evenly divided between &quot;free speech&quot;(they can say whatever they want) and &quot;libel&quot;(they can't say anything about you that you don't want them to).&nbsp; 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 &quot;Boylinks&quot;!&nbsp; What should I do?<br>
<br>
Thanks for your help -<br>
<br>
Tina<br>
<br>
<br>
<div>Tina Manley, ASMP</div>
<br>
<div><a href="http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html</a></div>
<a href="http://members.tripod.com/~Tina_Manley/index.html" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://members.tripod.com/~Tina_Manley/index.html</a>
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