[Publib] youtube--blog--copyright question

[Allen D. Tate]

> Of course I could just point to it with a link. Might do so. But, in 
> fact, hunting around just now I found a news item that implies I ought 
> not even to link to it, or anyway that some copyright-holders would like 
> to make it so. 

It's getting pretty scary to think that big corporations are trying so 
hard to make everything we do on the Internet either illegal to us or 
profitable to them. What's to keep me from linking to John Doe's website 
today because of an article he wrote about how he performed some miracle 
and a couple months down the road he posts something copyrighted on his 
website? Am I now supposed to check every site I link to every day to 
ensure I'm not linking to something copyrighted. It's outrageous. We 
need elected officials that have a clue about this stuff that will 
enact/enforce reasonable laws. My 2¢, YMMV. :)
-- 
Allen D. Tate
Head of Computer Services
Ohio Township Public Library System
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