Jonathan Witney Garriock Wills (born 17 June 1947, in Oxford), is a Scottish journalist, author and former editor of The Shetland Times newspaper.
Wills is chiefly famous for his involvement in a notable lawsuit in 1996[1] brought against him as publisher of The Shetland News website.
[2] The plaintiff in the case, The Shetland Times, accused Wills' company, Zetnews Ltd., of infringing their copyright by using hyperlinks which bypassed their main webpage.
[3][4] Using so-called "deep linking", Wills bypassed the framework that the Times used to publish news articles on its website, specifically the main page and the interspersed advertisements.
[5] Wills was also the first student Rector of the University of Edinburgh, a position he achieved in 1971.