Session Seven Summary:
Frames and Blames

This week's guest was Bruce Keller, a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton. BK represented the plaintiffs who sued TotalNews Corp. for linking to and framing their news web sites, in other words displaying their news stories surrounded by TotalNews logos and advertising. BK defended themisappropriation theory that the plaintiffs argued. He contended that the Net poses serious dangers to companies that invest heavily in developing Internet content. At the heart of these dangers is the ease with which small companies can inexpensively enter the content delivery business by doing nothing more than compiling the work of others.

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