Google cache raises copyright concerns
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Original URL: http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-1024234.html
Original Title: Google cache raises copyright concerns | CNET News.com
web caching is a common practice and has been controversial from a legal perspective. However, looks like the very issue has not been seriously challenges on court. The closest info could find is the following CNET article.which seems to suggest a pretty liberal interpretation.
Google cache raises copyright concerns
By Stefanie Olsen
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
July 9, 2003, 1:28 PM PT
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
July 9, 2003, 1:28 PM PT
Through a caching feature on the popular Google search site, people can sometimes call up snapshots of archived stories at NYTimes.com and other registration-only sites. The practice has proved a boon for readers hoping to track down Web pages that are no longer accessible at the original source, for whatever reason. But the feature has recently been putting Google at odds with some unhappy publishers.
“We are working with Google to fix that problem–we´re going to close it so when you click on a link it will take you to a registration page,” said Christine Mohan, a spokeswoman at New York Times Digital, the publisher of NYTimes.com. “We have established these archived links and want to maintain consistency across all these access points.”
May 2nd, 2004 at 11:37 pm e
The comment was written using the tablet pen, which is far from perfect.