Re: legalese versus plain english

Peter Trapasso <peter.trapasso@eng.sun.com> Mon, 19 June 2000 16:54 UTC

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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:34:09 -0700
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From: Peter Trapasso <peter.trapasso@eng.sun.com>
Subject: Re: legalese versus plain english
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I agree with Bill on the issue of linking.

thanks,

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Peter Trapasso
Senior Web Marketing Specialist/Web Architect
Internet Marketing Group
Software Products and Platforms


>Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:23:47 -0700
>From: Austin Bill-P23393 <Bill.Austin@MOTOROLA.COM>
>Subject: Re: legalese versus plain english
>To: IETF-RUN@mailbag.cps.intel.com
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>It is a very common practice to link to web sites without getting
>permission.  There have been a few cases where "deep linking" into the
>middle of a site and making it look like it is your own content has caused a
>lawsuit.
>
>Linking between related sites is the very nature of the web.  They should
>welcome the additional traffic as well as the increased "relevance rating"
>they get on certain search engines from having additional links to their
>site.
>
>--
>Bill Austin
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: JC Dill [mailto:jcdill@VO.CNCHOST.COM]
>> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 9:07 AM
>> To: IETF-RUN@mailbag.cps.intel.com
>> Subject: Re: legalese versus plain english
>>
>>
>> On 05:47 AM 6/19/00, Ted Gavin wrote:
>>  >-----Original Message------
>>  >From: "Donald E. Eastlake 3rd" <dee3@TORQUE.POTHOLE.COM>
>>  >To: IETF-RUN@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM
>>  >Sent: June 19, 2000 11:26:23 AM GMT
>>  >Subject: Re: legalese versus plain english
>>  >
>>  >I think if we just state
>>  >
>>  >"spamming often constitutes a criminal act, and can result in
>>  >fines, imprisonment and civil lawsuits for damages"
>>  >
>>  >as Donald has laid out, we'll be fine.
>>
>> Perfect!
>>
>> Thanks gang!
>>
>> I'll work on sussing out the AOL cites and then I think we are set.
>>
>> Do we need to get permission from the various websites to include the
>> reference URLs in the draft?
>>
>> jc
>>
>>  >
>>  >If we need to cite anything in more specificity, we can do so in an
>>  >Appendix, can we not?
>>  >
>>  >Ted
>>