Evil Linkers

You cannot possibly have people in authority (judges, congressmen, presidents) be the authority on everything, because individuals cannot possibly understand everything. Here’s just another example…

One of America’s most influential conservative judges, Richard Posner, has proposed a ban on linking to online content without permission…. “The bloggers are parasitical on the conventional media… They copy the news and opinion generated by the conventional media, often at considerable expense, without picking up any of the tab. The degree of parasitism is striking in the case of those blogs that provide their readers with links to newspaper articles. The links enable the audience to read the articles without buying the newspaper.”

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