BT and hypertext copyright

Next week, NY's Federal court will decide an hystorical sentence.

British Telecom has requested to an American ISP (Prodigy) royalty regards hypertext copyright. BT has found a patent of 1989 where is explained an old tecnology of frist 70's: hypertext.

If Fed court give all reason to BT, british ISP can request royalty for everyone click on the web !!!

Imagine what brake for internet's development !!!

related links:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/15041.html
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/fin...0630/fin96.htm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/13297.html
http://www.idg.net/ic_316584_1794_1-483.html

Trust a Limey company to come up with something like that.

:) pfffffffffffft

Dam Limeys get everywhere.

There's no way that copyright will hold up in court. The implications reach way too far. Not to mention how will you go about counting links to find out how much to pay them?

It won't hold water. BT is in way over their heads.