British Telecom Sues Prodigy Over Hyperlink Idea

Here's a link to an article on ZDnet:

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2665808,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews
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The gist of the article is that British Telecom claims they own intellectual
property rights to hyperlinks, and they want every ISP to pay them
royalties. They want ISP's to pay them a royalty. They claim Prodigy has
wilfully infringed BT's patent. "'Curiouser and curiouser,' Alice said..."

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