Linking Cases Worldwide – A Comprehensive Overview By Stephan Ott Version 2.1. (October 2004) Inhaltsverzeichnis Links to Illegal Material / Liability ........................................................................................ 5 Intellectual Reserve Inc. v. Tanners ................................................................................... 5 Bernstein v. J.C Penney ..................................................................................................... 6 Nottinghamshire County Council v. Journalists.................................................................. 7 IFPI Schweden v. Tommy Olssen ...................................................................................... 9 Direct links into Peer-2-Peer networks............................................................................... 9 Austropersonal.com / Jobmonitor.com............................................................................. 10 Sir Elton John v. Countess Joulebine................................................................................ 10 Warez.at .......................................................................................................................... 11 Google v. Scientology...................................................................................................... 11 Deutsche Bahn v. AltaVista, Google, Yahoo.................................................................... 12 Deutsche Bahn v. XS4ALL.............................................................................................. 14 Deutsche Bahn v. Indymedia.nl........................................................................................ 14 Lucasfilm v. Aldera.net / NaboOnline.............................................................................. 16 Cyber Patrol..................................................................................................................... 16 MP3Board v. RIAA......................................................................................................... 17 Scientology v. Spaink ...................................................................................................... 19 Microsoft v. Slashdot....................................................................................................... 21 IFPI v. Fast Search / Lycos .............................................................................................. 21 Suhrkamp v. Kantel ......................................................................................................... 22 UCSD v. Student Group................................................................................................... 23 Google v. Illegal Content ................................................................................................. 24 Google and Kazaa Lite Links........................................................................................... 25 Recommendations on the responsibilities for linking to illicit content .............................. 26 IFPI China v. MyWeb Inc.com ........................................................................................ 26 CDU and the Ketchup Song............................................................................................. 27 Fahrenheit 9/11................................................................................................................ 28 Schöner Wetten ............................................................................................................... 28 Online Policy Group v. Diebold, Inc. ........................................................................ 30 Mark Pollard v. Miramax Film......................................................................................... 33 Donkeymania................................................................................................................... 33 ShareReactor ................................................................................................................... 34 DeCSS – Cases: Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes and DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. v. Andrew Bunner................................................................................. 35 Criminal Law....................................................................................................................... 55 Burkhard Schröder........................................................................................................... 55 Stricker............................................................................................................................ 55 LGCM ............................................................................................................................. 57 Rediff’s search engine...................................................................................................... 57 Osaka District Court: FLMask ......................................................................................... 57 Trademark Law ................................................................................................................... 59 Explorer - Cases............................................................................................................... 59 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. v. Nissan Computer Corp. ........................................................... 64 Digital Equipment Corp. v. Alta Vista Corp..................................................................... 64 PaineWebber Inc. v. Fortuny............................................................................................ 64 Jeri-Jo Knitwear, Inc. v. Club Italia, Inc........................................................................... 65 Ford Motor Company v. 2600 Enterprises........................................................................ 65 Bihari v. Gross................................................................................................................. 67 Toronto.com v. Sinclair ................................................................................................. 68 Imax Corporation v. Showmax, Inc.................................................................................. 68 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Doughney............................................... 69 OBH, Inc. v. Spotlight Magazine, Inc. ............................................................................. 70 Jews for Jesus v. Brodsky ................................................................................................ 71 Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. v. Faber ...................................................................... 72 Morrison & Foerster LLP v. Wick ................................................................................... 72 Deep Links/ Search Engines ................................................................................................ 74 Paperboy.......................................................................................................................... 74 Shetland Times v. Shetland News .................................................................................... 76 PCM v. Kranten.com ....................................................................................................... 77 BMG Australia Ltd. v. S 11 ............................................................................................. 78 Ticketmaster v. Tickets.com ............................................................................................ 78 Ticketmaster v. Microsoft ................................................................................................ 80 Stepstone v. Ofir .............................................................................................................. 82 Barkingdogs.org .............................................................................................................. 82 Runnersworld.com v. LetsRun.com ................................................................................. 84 NVM v. De Telegraaf ...................................................................................................... 85 Software 2000 v. Electronic Arts ..................................................................................... 85 Pacific Internet Ltd. v. Catcha.com Pte Ltd. ..................................................................... 86 EBay v. AuctionWatch .................................................................................................... 86 Newsbooster.................................................................................................................... 88 Homestore v. Bargain Network........................................................................................ 91 Newsclub......................................................................................................................... 92 Movie-List....................................................................................................................... 93 Finn Eiendom AS and Finn.no v. Notar AS...................................................................... 94 Linking Policies................................................................................................................... 95 Better Business Bureau .................................................................................................... 95 NPR................................................................................................................................