Ah, Richard Posner. I have never understood why he's so well thought-of among a lot of politically-inclined geeks. I can only guess it was the public hate-on

Ah, Richard Posner. I have never understood why he's so well thought-of among a lot of politically-inclined geeks. I can only guess it was the public hate-on he had for MS back during the anti-trust trial. Anyone who'd suggest "Expanding copyright law to bar...linking to or paraphrasing copyrighted materials without the copyright holder's consent", especially to prop up newspapers' websites, should be reviled by geeks.