How To Save The Newspaper, Vol. XII: Outlaw Linking


	How To Save The Newspaper, Vol. XII: Outlaw Linking

mrobert

6-29-2009 6:24 PM

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outlaw linking, newspapers, techcrunch, copyright

mrobert says:

Dumb idea. Most people put copyrighted material on the web so that others WILL link to it. It's the only way for others to know it is out there. Newspapers need to give us something interesting to read - then it will be worth buying them.

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