Canadian Supreme Court Rules Linking Is Not Defamation 88
omega6, joining the legions of accepted submitters, writes "The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that posting links is not the same as posting the actual content, but more similar to a footnote. 'The top court ruled against former Green party campaign manager Wayne Crookes, who argued that posting links to sites with defamatory statements was the same as publishing the defamatory material.'"
Finally some sense. (Score:5, Interesting)
Hopefully this extends to the fact that linking to pirated content is not piracy.
What about IFRAMEs and linked images? (Score:3, Interesting)
Technically IFRAME and IMG are just links, but would they qualify as a more affirmative action and thus constitute defamation under this ruling?