Abstract

The Search Engine's Dilemma: Implied Licence to Crawl and Cache?

Ben Allgrove
Baker & McKenzie LLP, London

Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 2007

Abstract:
A German court rules that web publishers who choose not to use widely available technical protection measures, such as the robot exclusion protocol (robot.txt), grant an implied licence to search engines to crawl and cache for the purpose of indexing content on the internet.

Keywords: Copyright, internet, search engines, infringement, implied licence

Accepted Paper Series

Date posted: May 29, 2007 ; Last revised: May 29, 2007

Suggested Citation

Allgrove, Ben, The Search Engine's Dilemma: Implied Licence to Crawl and Cache?. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=989541

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Contact Information

Ben Allgrove (Contact Author)

Baker & McKenzie LLP, London ( email )

100 New Bridge Street
London EC4V 6JA United Kingdom