In the European Union, link at your own risk

The European Copyright Directive provides that “Member States shall provide authors with the exclusive right to authorize or prohibit any communication to the public of their works.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/09/09/in-the-european-union-link-at-your-own-risk/?utm_term=.2aa6afe6bb1b


Hyperlink At Your Own Risk

http://www.internetlibrary.com/publications/hayor_art.cfm

I've been reading other articles on this and it isn't as clear cut as they make it sound because there are a lot of issues involved.

Should the rules be amended to protect ourselves against these risks?

@Chuckt

Another take on these ignoramous UK court decisions about hyperlinks:

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2016/08/uk-court-isps-block-trademark-infringements-addition-copyright-infringements/

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