Linking and Liability for Creators [Part II]

Today, there are many types of links. But we will focus only on the two types of links under the HyperTextMarkup Language (HTML), which is used to program pages on the web. The first, an HREF ("Hypertext REFerence") link, instructs a browser to stop viewing content transmitted from one location, and begin viewing that of another. The link can bring the viewer to a different point on the same page, such as the index links on this top of this page, or to a different page in the same site. For instance, the index links above can be view by following this link (which keeps the viewer on this page), while the Part 1 of this article can be viewed by following this link (a different page in the same site). Alternatively, it is simple to use an HREF link to refer to a site that is not on the local web site at all (such as this link to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office). A single web-page may contain dozens of links to other web-pages. That same page may itself be the "destination" of dozens (or hundreds, or thousands) of other links on other pages. (Brad Bolin of www.bitlaw.com)

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