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Hyperlinks remain legal after Scientology defeat

Title: Hyperlinks remain legal after Scientology defeat
Date: Tuesday, 9 September 2003
Publisher: CNET
Author: Matt Hines
Main source: news.zdnet.co.uk

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The Church of Scientology has lost a courtroom battle to compel a Dutch writer and her Internet service provider to remove postings from a Web site, in a ruling that keeps hyperlinks to copyrighted material legal. On Friday, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague, Netherlands, denied the Scientologists' latest appeal in an online copyright dispute that dates back to 1995. The Church of Scientology has repeatedly pursued legal action in the Netherlands against the writer, Karin Spaink, and her ... [Read the rest at news.zdnet.co.uk]