I've always bought Google's defense that Google News drives traffic to other news sites and that linking to external headlines and providing a snippet of the news story constitute fair use.
Previous court cases in America have argued that linking to other websites is protected speech under the first amendment.
His defence lawyers contend that linking to other content is not illegal under UK law, and point out that the CPS did not pursue charges against O'Dwyer.
His lawyers contend that linking to other content is not illegal under UK law, and point out that Britain's Crown Prosecution Service did not pursue charges against him.
Representatives of many organizations argued that linking to a site was not an endorsement, and that regulation of linking could discourage groups from using the full potential of the Internet.
American customs officials, after campaigning from industry bodies, contended that linking to such items on other sites (as search engines and others automatically do) would also be covered by such laws.
