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		conanite on May 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Charity asked to pay just to link to newspaper web... There's a lot of greed in copyright, and there's a lot of stupidity, but this is an example of both combined in one place. What kind of colossal misunderstanding does it take to confuse linking and copying?

amouat on May 29, 2012 [–]

I don't believe they misunderstand, though they may be greedy and stupid. They just want people to pay for the privilege of linking to their articles.

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