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New York Times Sued Over URL Linking

Posted by samzenpus on from the can-you-sue-for-heat dept.

Davros writes "GateHouse Media, which publishes more than 100 papers in Massachusetts, accuses the Times of violating copyright by allowing its Boston Globe online unit to copy verbatim the headlines and first sentences from articles published on sites owned by GateHouse."

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  1. Re:Fuzzy laws and common sense by cdrguru · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is theft of material, pretty much plain and simple. Treating stuff on the web as a free-for-all and just republishing/redistributing it freely is fine as long as it benefits the person doing it. Nobody likes getting their stuff stolen and redistributed but most people on Slashdot can't see that far in front of their nose.

    And as for a new way to deal with injustice, I think dueling needs a comeback. If you knew that offending someone, stealing from them or usurping their rights could lead to staring down a gun barrel people might think just a little bit. Maybe. Heinlein said it: an armed society is a polite society.