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[Jan Whitaker]

This is interesting nit picking, especially the very last sentences:


      http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/05/internet-users-cannot-be-sued-for-browsing-the-web-ecj-rules



The battle between Meltwater and the NLA started in a copyright 
tribunal, which ruled that the NLA had to reduce the fees it charged 
to media monitors. The NLA appealed to the high court, and won on two 
points of legal principle.

The first, that internet users need a license for temporary copies of 
webpages stored on their computers, was overturned on Thursday. [by 
the EU Court of Justice]

The second point was that headlines can be covered by copyright, even 
if they are only reproduced to link back to the original article. 
That ruling still stands.
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I would assume that is for non-fair dealing uses, e.g. exempted 
indexes, research, commentary, etc. Or else I'm confused. 'Links' 
have always been exempt in the past. Maybe it's just in terms of the 
media monitors??

Jan



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