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[CM] EU would copyright hyperlinking

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From the «what could possibly go wrong?» department:
Title: The EU is preparing a frontal attack on the hyperlink
Author: Thom Holwerda
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2015 15:03:37 -0500
Link: http://osnews.com/story/28943/The_EU_is_preparing_a_frontal_attack_on_the_hyperlink

According to a draft communication on copyright reform leaked yesterday (via
IPKat), the Commission is considering putting the simple act of linking to
content under copyright protection. This idea flies in the face of both
existing interpretation and spirit of the law as well as common sense. Each
weblink would become a legal landmine and would allow press publishers to hold
every single actor on the Internet liable. The stupidity of the unelected
bureaucrats in Brussels/Strasbourg never ceases to amaze me. Fresh from royally
doing terrible things to the poohc regarding net neutrality, out comes this
insane plan. And then people wonder why the EU has such a bad reputation.


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