Jerald and Sandra Tanner - Legal Challenges

Legal Challenges

In 1999 the LDS Church sued the Tanners for internet linking from their website to the copyrighted Church Handbook of Instructions. The lawsuit was settled out of court before an appeals court could rule on what observers described as a potentially landmark case concerning internet linking.

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