Harry - 4:50 am on Jun 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

I'm not a lawyer and nothing I say here has any legal value. But I know I disagree 100% with Vince's perspective.

Framing is not like putting a piece of art in a glass frame. If I catch broadcasts from a TV channel and resend it to others, even if I modify nothing from it, I'm sure I'll get sued fairly quickly by the original b roadcaster.

Using the broacast analogy, we can see that the defendant has intents and caused actions that hurt the bottom line of the person being framed or hotlinked.

Second, framing and hotlinking usually involves passing other's work as your own. That of course, is straight copyright infringement.