from Danielle Gallo's account:
I attended the Wednesday morning tutorial entitled, "An Introduction
to Copyright and Trademark Law." This tutorial, given by David
J. Loundy (
http://www.Loundy.com) of Davis, Mannix and McGrath, was a
comprehensive and enlightening overview of the workings of copyright
and trademark law. An interesting question of public display was
addressed. If an image is displayed on a Web page that does not belong
to the owner of the image's copyright, are display rights violated?
Using several case studies as examples, Loundy suggested that the
answer depends on the type of browser being used. Is it a text-based
browser that will not display the image? If an image is present but
not displayed, is there a violation? If so, who is at fault, the
Internet Service Provider or the Web designer? This tutorial also
discussed trademark law, especially as it applies to metatags. Search
engines use metatags to help index Web sties. For example, the
playboyxxx.com site contains the keywords "playboy", "playmate", and
"centerfold" in its metatags. However, this is deceptive because the
surfer believes he is accessing a site supported by Playboy.