I don't see the point in this. Any publisher or news site who wants people to sign up or pay (with a password) can do so already, without being affected by anyo

I don't see the point in this. Any publisher or news site who wants people to sign up or pay (with a password) can do so already, without being affected by anyone linking to it. Those who choose to make it public, will want more people to see it I guess. If copying content from a site is what he means, yes, it should be banned and that makes sense, but how can linking to a public URL be an issue? I just don't see how.