"For someone to have linked to images of child porn, it is a fairly safe bet that they have visited that website and viewed or downloaded it."
Wrong. Consider the case where one person creates a link to legal, non-fringing material and then the source is replaced with infringing or illegal content.
Should the linker be held responsible for checking his links 24/7 to make sure they still point to what was originally linked? Seems impossible for the linker.
In order to stay out of jail, one would have to not link at all. This would break the internet as we know it.
Amazing the parallels between copyright maximalists and young-earth creationists. I wonder how many industry shills and pro-IP trolls disbelieve Darwin's theory of evolution?
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Wrong. Consider the case where one person creates a link to legal, non-fringing material and then the source is replaced with infringing or illegal content.
Should the linker be held responsible for checking his links 24/7 to make sure they still point to what was originally linked? Seems impossible for the linker.
In order to stay out of jail, one would have to not link at all. This would break the internet as we know it.
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If you would learn to read, you would know that this is a blog and not a news site.
Fail on both counts. Go back to elementary school.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110604/18514114554/french-radio-television-newscasters -say-au-revoir-to-facebook-twitter.shtml
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You do realize that these two groups are *often* different entities?
While they are under no obligation to release the works, copyright *is supposed to be about promoting culture*, not hoarding.
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