Is A Web Site's Content Restricted and Proprietary To The Site Operator?

Within the ever advancing intellectual property (IP) field of the law, a new wrinkle has unfolded today. A court order recently issued against Cairo creates a precedent that a website's operator may have proprietary rights to the content posted on their site. This new directive could have long lasting and impactful repercussions across the web. For example, a search engine such as Google or Yahoo! may be restricted from accessing some sites if the web site operator does not want their unique and proprietary information indexed. Another aspect of this decision is that the terms and conditions that are posted on a website do in fact constitute an agreement with all visitors that choose to use the site. Again, this will have ongoing impacts to many different types of web companies, especially those that spider or index site content, and in turn profit from the re-distribution of that information / content.

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