Crookes, RIAA, MPAA, ICE — 'Linking Is Publishing'

newtley writes "What do Canada's Wayne Crookes, the Big 4's RIAA, Hollywood's MPAA and brand new ICE agent Andrew Reynolds have in common? They all claim linking is the same as publishing. Crookes is using it to demand Canada's Supreme Court effectively shut down the net in Canada. With the RIAA and MPAA providing the 'initiative,' the Obama government is using Andrews [read ICE — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement] to try to shut down innocent sites for, and on behalf of, Hollywood and Big Music. The sites are 'accused of contributing to online piracy, and it was essential for the domain names to be seized without a trial and without giving the sites a chance to respond. Why? Such sites are 'destroying the US economy.' Forget about legally appointed courts, proof or due process. Hollywood and Big Music rule."

Damn You George Bush!!!

[Vinegar Joe]

I can't wait for Obama to be inaugurated!

His name is CROOKes

[Drakkenmensch]

I rest my case.

Re:Publish the internet in a single link

[Drakkenmensch]

If a link is publishing, then is a link to a link publishing the link which published the original? Does any website that link to google, or to a website that links to google, in effect publish the entire internet?

The answer is of course 'Kevin Bacon'

Re:Linking != publishing

[SuricouRaven]

I had someone hotlink to an image on my server once. I was annoyed enough to throw together a little piece of perl that checked the referer header, and if it matched their site return not the image, but furry porn. They took down the hotlink.

Re:This isn't helping.

[EvilIdler]

Well, you could say the $300 investment in food also pays off. Try a month and a half without food and see if you can't see the long-term benefits of the investment ;)