The Tulsa, Okla. newspaper has sent a cease-and-desist letter to blogger Michael D. Bates of Batesline for “inappropriately link[ing his] website to Tulsa World content” and insisted that he at once remove “unauthorized links to our content” (his posts on the subject). (It also complains about Bates’s having reprinting editorial items or portions thereof; he believes the reprinting was defensible under “fair use”). Blogger-lawyer Ronald Coleman, who recently launched the Likelihood of Confusion blog covering trademark, copyright and trade secret law, is assisting Bates and comments on the story (Feb. 18 and other entries). TechLawAdvisor also adds an observation. More on “deep linking”: Jan. 25, 2004 and links from there.
Tulsa World v. bloggers
The Tulsa, Okla. newspaper has sent a cease-and-desist letter to blogger Michael D. Bates of Batesline for “inappropriately link[ing his] website to Tulsa World content” and insisted that he at once remove “unauthorized links to our content” (his posts on the subject). (It also complains about Bates’s having reprinting editorial items or portions thereof; he […]
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