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There is a problem with this solution–a legal problem. Your web page is covered by copyright, which gives you the right to forbid other people from making either copies or derivative works. A browser that displays your page as you intended is making a copy, but one to which you have given implicit authorization by putting your page on the web. A browser that displays your page with back links added is creating a derivative work–one that you may not have intended and, arguably, did not authorize. To make sure your lies cannot be answered, you notify Netscape that they are not authorized to display your page with back links added.

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[Mon Sep 4 19:12:47 PDT 2006-246] Unknown:
I _hope_ this is not true. There is a considerable market coming up now for web site transforming software. Check, for instance, the GreaseMonkey system for Firefox, or the many pieces of software designed to remove advertisements. I had been under the impression that this is fine because the transformed page is created locally for personal use only and never published, but I must admit I do not know enough about copyright law and fair use to give a detailed analysis.

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