Who is saying that its worse to link to an iframe? The author's issue was that they asked permission, then took no response to mean "do as you will!" including

Who is saying that its worse to link to an iframe? The author's issue was that they asked permission, then took no response to mean "do as you will!" including downloading, modifying, and redistributing his work. I highly doubt he'd complain if they just linked to his content. This is pretty straightforward copyright infringement.