Linking Cases Worldwide – A Comprehensive Overview By Stephan Ott Version 1.1. (August 2003) 2 Inhaltsverzeichnis Links to Illegal Material / Liability ........................................................................................ 5 DeCSS – Cases: Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes and DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. v. Andrew Bunner................................................................................... 5 Intellectual Reserve Inc. v. Tanners ................................................................................. 23 Bernstein v. J.C Penney ................................................................................................... 25 IFPI Schweden v. Tommy Olssen .................................................................................... 27 Direct links into Peer-2-Peer networks............................................................................. 28 Austropersonal.com / Jobmonitor.com............................................................................. 29 Sir Elton John v. Countess Joulebine................................................................................ 29 Warez.at .......................................................................................................................... 29 Google v. Scientology...................................................................................................... 30 Deutsche Bahn v. AltaVista, Google, Yahoo.................................................................... 31 Deutsche Bahn v. XS4ALL.............................................................................................. 33 Deutsche Bahn v. Indymedia.nl........................................................................................ 33 Lucasfilm v. Aldera.net / NaboOnline.............................................................................. 34 Cyber Patrol..................................................................................................................... 35 MP3Board v. RIAA......................................................................................................... 36 Scientology v. Spaink ...................................................................................................... 38 Microsoft v. Slashdot....................................................................................................... 39 IFPI v. Fast Search / Lycos .............................................................................................. 39 Suhrkamp v. Kantel ......................................................................................................... 40 UCSD v. Student Group................................................................................................... 41 Google v. Illegal Contents................................................................................................ 42 IFPI China MyWeb Inc.com ............................................................................................ 43 Criminal Law....................................................................................................................... 44 Burkhard Schröder........................................................................................................... 44 Stricker............................................................................................................................ 44 LGCM ............................................................................................................................. 45 Rediff’s search engine...................................................................................................... 46 Osaka District Court: FLMask ......................................................................................... 46 Trademark Law ................................................................................................................... 48 Explorer - Cases............................................................................................................... 48 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. v. Nissan Computer Corp. ........................................................... 52 Digital Equipment Corp. v. Alta Vista Corp..................................................................... 53 PaineWebber Inc. v. Fortuny............................................................................................ 53 Jeri-Jo Knitwear, Inc. v. Club Italia, Inc........................................................................... 54 Ford Motor Company v. 2600 Enterprises........................................................................ 54 Bihari v. Gross................................................................................................................. 56 Toronto.com v. Sinclair ................................................................................................. 57 Imax Corporation v. Showmax, Inc.................................................................................. 57 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Doughney............................................... 58 OBH, Inc. v. Spotlight Magazine, Inc. ............................................................................. 59 Jews for Jesus v. Brodsky ................................................................................................ 59 Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. v. Faber ...................................................................... 60 Morrison & Foerster LLP v. Wick ................................................................................... 61 Deep Links/ Search Engines ................................................................................................ 63 Shetland Times v. Shetland News .................................................................................... 63 3 PCM v. Kranten.com ....................................................................................................... 64 Ticketmaster v. Tickets.com ............................................................................................ 65 Ticketmaster v. Microsoft ................................................................................................ 67 Stepstone v. Ofir .............................................................................................................. 68 Barkingdogs.org .............................................................................................................. 69 Runnersworld.com v. LetsRun.com ................................................................................. 71 NVM v. De Telegraaf ...................................................................................................... 71 Software 2000 v. Electronic Arts ..................................................................................... 72 Pacific Internet Ltd. v. Catcha.com Pte Ltd. ..................................................................... 73 EBay v. AuctionWatch .................................................................................................... 73 Newsbooster.................................................................................................................... 75 Homestore v. Bargain Network........................................................................................ 78 Newsclub......................................................................................................................... 78 Movie-List....................................................................................................................... 80 Linking Policies................................................................................................................... 81 Better Business Bureau .................................................................................................... 81 NPR................................................................................................................................. 82 KPMG ............................................................................................................................. 83 Don't Link To U................................s ............................................................................. 83 Framing/ Inline-Linking....................................................................................................... 85 Total News ...................................................................................................................... 85 METEO-data ................................................................................................................... 85 Starbucks Coffee Company v. Backwash.com ................................................................. 88 Amnesty International v. amnesty-tunesia.org.................................................................. 89 Yahoo.de v. Austro.net .................................................................................................... 89 Dilbert ............................................................................................................................. 89 Kelly v. Arriba Soft ......................................................................................................... 90 Haymarket v. Burmah Castrol.......................................................................................... 93 DerPoet.de....................................................................................................................... 93 Journal Gazette/The News-Sentinel