Even when I was being paid for my column by the newspaper, I got rights to post, although sadly I was never able to get them to provide the appropriate documentation to get off the excerpt list. I say sadly because now the paper has gone under, and all my columns that are excerpted here have dead links.
You do have a very real axe to grind. My sympathies.
I am not in lock step with the principle that links are a bad thing. FR is my window to the universe. I depend on fellow FReepers to show me worlds I have yet to explore.
However, I dutifully copy and paste Daniel Greenfield’s writings from the Sultan Knish Blog in their entirety to a FR ping list. Until Greenfield determines FR may not reproduce his blog postings I will continue to do so.
As one who is firmly committed to Greenfield’s blog and the dissemination of its contents I have no compulsion about recommending my readers to his site. That I do not do so by posting leaders and a link is respectful of FR and its importance to me and the members of the Ping List.
FR is a vast repository of opinion and information. It should only be allowed to continue to grow.