Legal Question in Intellectual Property in California
Is it legal to post links to copyrighted material such as ones from rapidshare, megaupload etc. The copyrighted material is not on your website but on another website and you are just providing links to it.
Asked on 8/17/09, 12:20 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Keith E. Cooper
Keith E. Cooper, Esq.
I don't know of any restrictions on links, especially if they're in the vein of a recommendation, but if the links are images the images themselves might be copyrighted. Apart from that, some sites have restrictions on who they allow to link to their material, so copyright is not the only concern. It's a good idea to read the site's Terms of Use for their policies.
Answered on 8/17/09, 2:54 pm