WebTVWire: Texas Judge Denies “Deep Linking” Appeal.
To get to this article:
1) Go to www.webtvwire.com.
2) Browse to February 9th, 2007 in the listings.
3) Click on the story that is entitled “Judge Denies Appeal that Deep Linking Directly to Video and Audio Streams is Not Illegal”
We could just tell you to go to http://www.webtvwire.com/judge-denies-appeal-that-deep-linking-directly-to-video-and-audio-streams-is-not-illegal/ – but apparently that’s illegal in Texas.
The judge ruled that “the link Davis provides on his Web site is not a ‘fair use’ of copyright material” and ordered all links to the audiocasts to be removed. SFX sued supercrosslive.com because they believed that listeners should only access the audiocasts through the website, in order for logos of sponsors to be seen.
“Deep Linking” – or linking to an individual Web site page, as opposed to linking to the index site of the page – is an invention. Before business found its way onto the Internet, the system was designed so that you could link to any page on any Web site that you wanted – the entire point of it was to organize information, filtering out the information you don’t need from the information you do need. In this case “sponsor logos” are most certainly information you don’t need.
Network World – Layer 8: VoIP services can cause a home security alarm system to malfunction.
While this is mainly for the Vonage customer that also has a home security system that dials-out through the phone line, this is something to keep in mind when moving to a VoIP rollover in the enterprise – if your security system uses the phone line.
* VoIP requires continuous power. If you lose power, you will not be able to use any phone connected to VoIP. More importantly, the security system will not send a signal to your monitoring center.
* Software changes to the alarm system or updates from the service provider could render the system useless.
Now, granted, enterprises typically have backup generators and the like to continue to provide power, but you never when British guys playing German guys with fake American accents (to fool Bruce Willis) intend to rob your company of bearer bonds on Christmas Eve.
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