Drudge is a major internet site, and he does nothing BUT link published articles, while displaying ads to pay the bills.
As far as I know, you can do the same on Facebook, and those pages all have advertising embedded.
Sites like CoastToCoastAM embed linked articles on their site, and they have banner advertising on every page.
These are all huge sites on the internet, and somehow, they seem to be getting along just fine with that combination.
Call me dense, but I just don't see what makes FR so different, that it couldn't use the same business model (aside from Jim Rob's stated reasons for not doing so).
...how is posting articles and or excerpts for others to see/read any different than the person that buys a newspaper, then leaves it in a restaurant for other customers to see/read?
It's not.
It's also struck me as odd that anyone would take issue with others posting links back to the original source page of a published work. Most points of origin on the net are commercial in nature, and host advertisers. One would think that those sites that host these articles would be thrilled with the increased viewership.
Do Drudge or Coast to Coast post articles or just embed links. There is a big difference.
I fully understand why its nice to have the article posted or at the least excerpted. so often on the net articles disappear and having it archived on FR can really come in handy sometimes.
Having the article posted at Fr allows people to read it for themselves without them having to go to other sites to read it.