Source:  Campaign For Liberty

This Wednesday, Dan Kennedy of The Guardian reported on American Judge Richard Posner's suggestion that copyright law be expanded to ban hyperlinking to online content without permission.

Not only would Posner stop online media dead in their tracks, but he would also overturn long-established rules of fair use, which, among others things, allow for the reproduction of short excerpts of copyrighted material for the purposes of commentary, parody and the like - precisely what bloggers and aggregators do all the time.

Kennedy is rightfully alarmed at such a dangerous proposition.  Ideas from influential Judges such as Posner have their way of becoming legal reality.

The thing is, Congress has been known to act with great alacrity on copyright matters when they affect corporate interests. And newspaper owners have been remarkably successful in calling attention to their plight.

Be sure to give some web traffic to Kennedy's post here (while you still can...)