[LINK] permission required to link?

[Patrick Corliss]

On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:23:10 +1100, Danny Yee wrote:


> Eric Scheid wrote:
> > A related issue is if you re-use part of their content as the link text,
> > eg. the story headline on a news site. The SMH believes it has copyright
> > in their headline texts and insists on certain conditions to linking
> > using that headline text.
>
> But the SMH headlines are so crappy!

I love newspaper headlines !!!  Witty & urbane.

Here's a few from the SMH:

PM washes his hands in the dark
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/03/14/Grattan.htm

Northerly change could blow a chill over exports
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/03/22/23gittins.htm

Security blanket offers cold comfort
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/03/12/Gitcolagain.htm

Telstra faces a splitting headache
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/03/21/1016660116412.html

Ebony Night out to eclipse Sunline
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/03/26/1017004756957.html

And The Telegraph:

Unmarked police cars to disappear
http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,4019082%255E316
3,00.html

Sex is safer under the condom trees
http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,3994936%255E702
,00.html

Not to mention anything about Virgin Airlines.  Here's one I remember from
today or yesterday (perhaps from The Australia) but I can't find the link:

"Virgin fends off Tesna"

> They may work ok in print,
> but as a list of options to choose from without context they are
> often incomprehensible, e.g.
> "Youthful saviour is out to break the mould"

But I get your point :)

> But at least the text version now has some context, it used to just
> be a raw list of headlines...
> http://www.smh.com.au/text/

Thks for the text link.

> Danny.

Best regards
Patrick Corliss