Link is effectively a plain text citation
A link is effectively a plain text source citation. Expanding copyright protection to limit linking would either introduce inefficiencies—requriing people to copy and paste the source citation into the url bar—or prevent people from adding footnotes, another fundamental writing practice.
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The Future of Newspapers »The Future of Newspapers
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What strategies are open to newspapers?  »What strategies are open to newspapers?
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Enforce copyright and charge for copyrighted material online »Enforce copyright and charge for copyrighted material online
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Expand copyright law to ban linking and paraphrasing »Expand copyright law to ban linking and paraphrasing
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Link is effectively a plain text citation
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