Greetings. and sorry for cross postings... Providing hyperlink is just a referral service where the user is directed towards the proper source of information. And, moreover such hypertext links take the user to the supposed source which is already in public domain. Directing or pointing at such a source will never be a violation of copy right act. Puttaraj. "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman@yahoo.com> wrote: dear all giving hyperliks can not be a violation of copyright. u r directing but not using / copying the intellectual property of the author. if it is so, we need to question about the catalogues, reviews and what not as part of copyright. as a matter of fact, u can copy for fair use and should be quoted, which becomes the reseach. if u lift word to word and do not quote it becomes plagiarizm. i think we should not think too much about all these problems. laxman rao --- Sharad Jadhav wrote:
Dear Members, 1. Is providing hyperlinks on your web page violates the copyright, or special permission is needed from the owner of the website for hyperlinking.
2. And if there is no copyright violation, hyperlinking the exact documnet/page on the website is permitted. (e.g www.acdxyz.com/resources/current.pdf)
Best regards,
Sharad Jadhav
National Insurance Academy, Library, Balewadi, Baner Road, NIA PO, addr Pune 411 045, Maharashtra. INDIA
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Dear Members, 1. Is providing hyperlinks on your web page violates the copyright, or special permission is needed from the owner of the website for hyperlinking.
2. And if there is no copyright violation, hyperlinking the exact documnet/page on the website is permitted. (e.g www.acdxyz.com/resources/current.pdf)
Best regards,
Sharad Jadhav
National Insurance Academy, Library, Balewadi, Baner Road, NIA PO, addr Pune 411 045, Maharashtra. INDIA
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