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Sure, if we had laws about books and we needed to to make a judgement about pamphlets, that works. But we can't just pretend that we are extending some sort of
by netcan 15y ago
Sure, if we had laws about books and we needed to to make a judgement about pamphlets, that works. But we can't just pretend that we are extending some sort of logical rules from first principals. A link or an embedded video is not like a footnote in any way that matters.
- RyanMcGreal 15y ago> A link or an embedded video is not like a footnote in any way that matters. I would argue that for the purpose of copyright infringement, a link is exactly like a footnote - it's a reference to an external document. It just happens that hypertext makes it much easier for the reader to look up the reference.
- netcan 15y agoI would say its more similar to a magic spell that conjurs up the book.