Possible plan to outlaw linking to newspaper websites

[Ben]

How To Save The Newspapers, Vol. XII: Outlaw Linking

[mimseycal]

It would never work ... forums would die a death for starters. Heck the number of topics on this forum alone would be cut by half if that ever became law!

[Ernest Rants]

Originally Posted by mimseycal

It would never work ... forums would die a death for starters. Heck the number of topics on this forum alone would be cut by half if that ever became law!

[timey]

Originally Posted by mimseycal

It would never work ... forums would die a death for starters. Heck the number of topics on this forum alone would be cut by half if that ever became law!

The newspapers wouldn't be worried about that though. And anyway, we would just have to start making an effort to put the news into our own words. Maybe not a bad thing.

[Ernest Rants]

Originally Posted by timey

The newspapers wouldn't be worried about that though. And anyway, we would just have to start making an effort to put the news into our own words. Maybe not a bad thing.

i fought bruce springsteen was ace at glastenbury


hmmmmm, can't see it working too well

[Hutchybee]

Originally Posted by mimseycal

It would never work ... forums would die a death for starters. Heck the number of topics on this forum alone would be cut by half if that ever became law!

Bloody hell!!! The Major must be well worried!!!!!

[Mr Morningstarr*]

What a stupid fucking idea. The balloon has no idea how the internerd works.

[Zombie Mastermind]

As someone who steers away from newspaper stands in general, I think it's a great idea.