Reply #78: Bullshit, this discussion is an old one and has been resolved

[sabrina 1]

on many blogs with the advice of attorneys. Most linked articles BENEFIT advertisers. When someone uses an excerpt with a link and people go to that link, which is required for fair use, then that publication and their advertisers benefit. It is the equivalent of free advertising and no one in their right mind will kill that kind of revenue. Everyone WANTS to be linked to so long as they are given credit for their work.

Linking is currency online and it will never go away. Every once in a while there will be scumbags like this doing the equivalent of attempted highway robbery.

It's doubtful they will prevail, because they skipped the first step in a copyright case. They never asked that the material be removed. That generally settles the matter. They're going to look foolish when they get to court and cannot point to the 'evidence' since most people will have removed that material. End of story. The courts don't like having their time wasted when there is a simple solution.

See what just happened to Orly Taitz for her constant filing of lawsuits, and she's not the first.

So alert all you want, and join the would-be censors of the internet, or join the fight against them. Me, I'll choose the latter. No wonder wonder Americans get stepped all over all the time. At the first sign of a fight they are ready to

1) Inform on their fellow Americans and
2) Run for the hills and leave everything for the bullies.