Why even deal with the copyright issues when you can do an end-run instead? Link. Summarize. Add insight. Present the article link, summarize. Present the dis

Why even deal with the copyright issues when you can do an end-run instead? Link. Summarize. Add insight. Present the article link, summarize. Present the discussion link, summarize the major points/concerns/counterpoints raised in the thread. Present any relevant external posts about the subject. Having the benefit of a month and the full breadth of the discussion and potentially other posts around the web on the topic, you have an opportunity to add truly valuable insight and analysis to the topic -- the sorts of things that even fervent readers of HN might find value in. When everything you publish is either a link or your own words, copyright doesn't enter into it. That said: I think dead-tree format, in and of itself, is your biggest roadblock to success. It dramatically boosts your costs and headaches. It will select out quite a bit of your possible readership. There are non-trivial economic reasons why the dead-tree industry is struggling and it has little to do with the content itself.