EU wants to require permission to make a link on the Web
by Cory Doctorow from on (#SYDT)
Digital commissioner Gi1/4nther Oettinger (CDU - EPP) is joining with European Parliament president Martin Schulz (SPD - S&D) in pressing the European Commission to create a copyright interest in links, meaning that making a link to a Web-page that contains infringing material would expose you to liability for copyright infringement yourself. (more")