Valleywag: Let's Screw Up the Entire Internet to Save Newspapers

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by Daba
18049 Posts
Ready to get things pooping
10 months ago
2 years, 7 months ago

Cripes. Hilarious but pretty sad that someone put thought into this idea.

The hot new idea among people who think about "journalism," and the sanctity thereof: let's ban linking, on the internet! Let's also ban wheels, in order to save the horse industry. Let's also ban talking about things!

 

This whole argument is premised on the assumption that we must save newspapers. At the cost of making the internet into an inefficient mess! So Richard Posner, professional smart man and US Appeals Court judge who writes 23,000 words per day, floated the idea of banning links (and more!), so internet cannibals don't keep stealing newspaper content for nothing:

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http://valleywag.gawker.com/5305503/lets-screw-up-the-entire-internet-to-save-newspapers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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