Rex Ballard - Director of Electronic Distribution
	http://cnj.digex.net/~rballard

On Sat, 26 Oct 1996, 'Doc' Don Taylor wrote:

> Graeme, I don't know how much U.S. legislation will help, but there was
> a law passed in the state of Georgia relating to "unauthorized links"
> that is being pursued in court.

Legislation is, and should be the last resort.  You can always prevent
access or grant access by using a CGI form and checking the "Referred By"
information.  This will tell you which site is referring the user to your
content.  If you don't get a referred by, or you don't like the referred
by information, you give them a form in which they can paste their log
history.  Give them the page requested and contact the referring page to
determine whether you are going to get paid or put "Kinky Content" up when
their customers come to your page.

There are currently FCC regulations regarding things like falsified
signals, redistribution, copyright enforcement, and committing felonies
and other crimes via the electronic links.  The nature of the media is
less relevant than the substance of the law.

If making a drug deal over the telephone is illegal, making the same drug
deal via internet e-mail isn't going to make it legal.

	Rex Ballard



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