[markomalley]

Sometimes it's good to see that FR is not the only place that has to deal with copyright trolls.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If links did not exist, it would be necessary to invent them.

[Delta 21]

How else are you gonna find your way around the interweb?

[Genoa]

Is the paperboy guilty of libel along with the newspaper he delivers?

[Smedley]

If an article is on-line, and you provide a link to it - the link per se is not infringement. I would also argue that a limited excerpt is fair use under copyright law as you are reporting on the article or website. FYI, I am an IP attorney

[TexasGator]

"Does Sharing A Link To Online Content Amount To Copyright Infringement?"

Misleading headline. What is actually discussed is posting text or photos online with a 'hidden' hyper-link back to the original.

Such as:

[abb]

A refresher on the origins of copyright in English Law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law

The origin of copyright law in most European countries lies in efforts by the church and governments to regulate and control the output of printers.[6] Before the invention of the printing press, a writing, once created, could only be physically multiplied by the highly laborious and error-prone process of manual copying by scribes. An elaborate system of censorship and control over scribes did not exist, as scribes were scattered and worked on single manuscripts.[7] Printing allowed for multiple exact copies of a work, leading to a more rapid and widespread circulation of ideas and information (see print culture).[6] In 1559 the Index Expurgatorius, or List of Prohibited Books, was issued for the first time.[7]

[smokingfrog]

Links generate web traffic. Most websites have a link you can use to share an article to Twitter, Facebook, Redit, etc. etc.

Has Drudge ever been successfully sued for copyright infringement?

[Vendome]

Already been litigated by a fraud IP firm in Nevada, who is no longer in business....

[bk1000]

It sounds like they have hot linking an image confused with simply providing a link. The latter is no different than saying to someone: “Hey, did you see this arricle in the Times?”

[Defiant]

Can I copyright my street address, too, then?

[TBP]

They don’t want us to link because they don’t want us to share ideas unless they approve. Big Brother.

Besides, there’s money out there that they haven’t robbed from our pockets yet.

Bunch of greedy, self-righteous, power-mad progressives. Standard operating procedure.

[OrangeHoof]

Photos, IMO, are a stickier issue because you can't really share an excerpt of a photo like you can excerpt written content. The photo *is* the photographer's work.

IMO, anything that goes out on the net is fair game. You can't unring a bell. That's why I don't belong to sites like Facebook.