CNET News.com linking policy

CNET News.com believes strongly in the utility of hyperlinks, which allow anyone to point directly to content, whether on the same site or an external site. CNET News.com uses hyperlinks to give the reader easy access to additional information or original source material.

CNET News.com links directly to external resources both within its stories and in its popular "More news from around the Web" feature. Direct links save time for our readers. Where space allows, we attribute the link to its source, to help readers gauge for themselves the value of the content at the destination.

When linking to CNET News.com content - or any CNET Networks content - please observe similar practices, as a courtesy and (in some instances) a legal necessity.

Please do:

• Link to CNET News.com content directly. CNET News.com encourages direct links. As stated clearly on the CNET Networks Permissions page: "You may link from another site to CNET Networks' online content including reviews, articles, features, video and audio clips."
• Observe all copyright laws. Here's the CNET Networks copyright information.
• You are welcome to use the title or headline of the article to which you are linking, as long as you link directly to the article. To make this process even easier, CNET News.com offers Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds of our stories at http://rss.news.com/.

Please do not:

• Use a CNET News.com headline to link anywhere but directly to the CNET News.com story.
• Attribute a link on your site to CNET News.com and then link somewhere else.
• Write and link to a summary of the CNET News.com story which exceeds fair use guidelines.
• Frame the CNET News.com story or otherwise present the content as your own.
• Use any images from CNET News.com stories on your site.

If you have any questions about this policy, please ask.