As the relationship between copyright and the internet continues to develop and technical distinctions are increasingly cast aside for more practical perspectives, new licensing opportunities are becoming available for content owners and creators. Two recent developments concerning online service providers' use of so-called "inline linking" and those providers' potential liability for publicly displaying unlicensed content from third-party websites open the way for this new vein of potential income.
In a recent article for IP Watchdog, counsel Ross Bagley explores the licensing opportunities and risks for content providers in the new era of "inline linking."
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