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Intellectual Property

Feb. 19, 2000

Dangerous Address

Posting the URL of an infringing World Wide Web site may be contributory infringement.

By Robert J. Stock
        On Dec. 6, 1999, a federal judge in Utah issued a preliminary injunction ordering owners of a World Wide Web site to remove any Internet addresses to Web sites containing "material alleged to infringe plaintiff's copyright." Intellectual Reserve Inc. v. Utah Lighthouse Ministry Inc., 75 F. Supp.2d 1290 (D. Utah 1999). Judge Tena Campbell found a substant...

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