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		nextparadigms on Jan 18, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sal Khan explains SOPA / PIPA Linking is not a crime. If we'll ever make any "Internet Freedom" laws or Constitutional Amendments, that definitely needs to be in there. The 1st Amendment should already cover linking as speech, but apparently MPAA/RIAA and some in Congress disagree.

mr_luc on Jan 19, 2012 | [–]

It would make sense to have this as a central tenet of internet protection legislation.

CamperBob on Jan 19, 2012 | [–]

Linking most definitely is already a crime in the US. The time to protest it was eleven years ago: http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/299

Every move in defense of liberty on the Web since then has been a rear-guard action.

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