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From: (The Path Of Rage)
Date: 06 Feb 1999
Time: 08:43:54
Remote Name: 209.240.200.62
Group: alt.discuss.webtv.hacking Date: Thu, Jan 28, 1999, 8:52pm (EST-1) From: Ecwfrk2@webtv.net (The Path Of Rage) Re: ANY LAWYERS OUT THERE?
but my key quesion is if WTV, in disabling these links, is in effect altering the content and functioning of OUR web pages... is this legal?
Perfectly legal. They aren't affecting the content of the pages at all. They are just affecting how their browser reads those URLs. If doing so were a crime people who make AOL pages could sue AOL for the AOL:// tags not working in netscape, IE, ect.. Then there's the fact that almost all wtv urls lead to pages that WebTV or one of it's partners own copyright to. If they want to keep you from accessing those URLs it's their buisness. If it weren't password protected pages, private pods, and the like would be illegal.