> I'm meeting Monday with some clients who are interested in a portal > and I need ammunition on the ethical and legal problems inherent in > framing other people's content on their site. I know there are some > good links on this out there, but preliminary searching isn't turning them up. hi jack no? perhaps you might want to switch search engines ;o) see tip on search engines (below) about your question, you'll want to read up on two cases -- Washington Post v Total News, and Futuredontics v Applied Anagramic Can you frame another site's content? http://www.builder.com/Business/Law/ss14.html Thinking About Linking http://www.llrx.com/features/weblink1.htm TRADEMARK ISSUES IN CYBERSPACE: The Brave New Frontier http://www.fenwick.com/pub/trademark_issues_in_cyberspace.htm#Linking and Framing Online Display Rights http://www.allrise.com/hardcore/displayrights-text.html and if you are concerned about your own site being framed, see Breaking out of frames http://evolt.org/index.cfm?menu=8&cid=249 good luck with those clients, and don't be late for your meeting -- your mailer says it's october 8 1999 ;o) <tip type="search engines"> if you are doing research and want comprehensive results -- google (http://www.google.com/) raging (http://ragingsearch.altavista.com/) if you know the page is out there and just can't remember the url, or if you're interested in getting the most likely result -- ixquick (http://www.ixquick.com/) </tip> rudy r937.com