Submission + - Law firm says copyright prevents viewing HTML (typepad.com)
Greg Beck writes: "This law firm's website contains the following terms in its "User Agreement":
"We also own all of the code, including the HTML code, and all content. As you may know, you can view the HTML code with a standard browser. We do not permit you to view such code since we consider it to be our intellectual property protected by the copyright laws. You are therefore not authorized to do so."
It also prohibits linking to the site without permission, quoting anything from the site, or referring to the site owner by name."
"We also own all of the code, including the HTML code, and all content. As you may know, you can view the HTML code with a standard browser. We do not permit you to view such code since we consider it to be our intellectual property protected by the copyright laws. You are therefore not authorized to do so."
It also prohibits linking to the site without permission, quoting anything from the site, or referring to the site owner by name."