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NPR Reconsiders Linking Policy

Posted by timothy on from the of-all-things dept.

jfruhlinger writes: "Slashdot wasn't the only site I saw that commented on NPR's stupid linking policy, but I'm sure it generated a lot of traffic and comments to NPR's site. Now NPR has issued a statement that they are reconsidering that policy. The statement goes into the reasons why the original policy was established -- it looks like it was an overkill response to a legitimate problem. It concludes with the encouraging statement that 'NPR also recognizes that the majority of the linking on the Web is not infringement. We are working on a solution that we believe will better match the expectations of the Web community with the interests of NPR.'"

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  1. Great, we win... by donnacha · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now NPR has issued a statement that they are reconsidering that policy.

    ... upon which poor sucker do we unleash the /. effect next?

    1. Re:Great, we win... by uncoveror · · Score: 2, Funny

      You Rite Dat Marikan Reel Good! Did you mean steal? Or is steel a verb now? Just because I think the web should be a free and open forum doesn't mean I poo poo on the very idea of property. By the way, you also misspelled possessions and compensation. Why don't you go back to school and learn some English. Is recussions what you meant to say? Was it, perhaps, repercussions? The good thing about free and open forums is that even cretins like you are free to have your say. It gives the literate a good laugh.

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  2. Translation by paule9984673 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Translation:

    We clicked on the links you provided and were exposed to a horrible gaping anus.

  3. "What also floats in water?" by Ellen+Ripley · · Score: 4, Funny

    Okay, so we don't link to the NPR page, we just *type* the link. Then our new keeping-up-with-the-fascists browsers automagically 'linkify' it for us. (Opera has no trouble heating up URIs sent to me by email, for instance.)

    NPR is showing an "if she weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood and therefore a witch" degree of technical qualifications on this issue. (They must have hired Dvorak.) To prevent linking, they would have to prevent us from even *mentioning* the URI. Maybe we should make sure no one mentions any URIs at all, anywhere, ever.

    Hmmm, maybe it's not a mistake. NPR is Democratic/liberal, right? As opposed to Republican/conservative? I know one group wants my money and one wants to tell me what I can say, but I can never remember which is which.

    Ellen

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