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A link at Wikipedia on copyright laws: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright
The laws of Australia and the UK are fairly similar on copyright law, but the situation is quite different in very many other countries.
I know that the USA Federal law on referencing another website or link for information, does not allow a copyright infringement to be brought against a citizen of the United States or any person doing so from the United States.
Another website may have broken copyright law and placing a link as such on an Australian bulletin board would break the law in Australia but no case could be taken against a citizen of the United States.
The laws of Australia and the UK are fairly similar on copyright law, but the situation is quite different in very many other countries.
I know that the USA Federal law on referencing another website or link for information, does not allow a copyright infringement to be brought against a citizen of the United States or any person doing so from the United States.
Another website may have broken copyright law and placing a link as such on an Australian bulletin board would break the law in Australia but no case could be taken against a citizen of the United States.