Comments on: Bar “linking to or paraphrasing copyrighted materials”? https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/06/bar-linking-to-or-paraphrasing-copyrighted-materials/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:59:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robert https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/06/bar-linking-to-or-paraphrasing-copyrighted-materials/comment-page-1/#comment-52893 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:25:45 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=12028#comment-52893 The technology is simple to only serve pages to guests who have logged in. There’s no need to have a law for something that can be enforced with a small bit of technology.

I used to pay for a NYTimes subscription online before they started giving EVERYTHING away for free. I still pay for a Dow Jones subscription so I can see the entire WSJ (95% of it is free) along with Barrons, etc.

Nobody forced the newspapers to start giving away their content. And it probably was a strategic mistake!

]]> By: Short Quips: June 29, 2009 « chain of causation https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/06/bar-linking-to-or-paraphrasing-copyrighted-materials/comment-page-1/#comment-52835 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:22:48 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=12028#comment-52835 […] him that copyright begins at the moment the work is fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Bar “linking to or paraphrasing copyrighted materials?” […]

]]> By: Bill Poser https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/06/bar-linking-to-or-paraphrasing-copyrighted-materials/comment-page-1/#comment-52815 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:49:34 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=12028#comment-52815 Is it clear that Judge Posner (no relation) is actually proposing such an expansion of copyright? Not having seen his full original text, I can’t tell whether he is actually making such a proposal or merely pointing out that such an expansion would be necessary for the existing business model to survive, without taking any position on whether the game is worth the candle.

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