old_expat - 6:24 am on Jul 20, 2006 (gmt 0)

It is so short sighted for people with copyrights stopping this.

Isn't that why a copyright exists .. to allow copyright holders to decide how their material is to be used .. whether short or long sighted?

Example: somebody sends you a link to a skit on the Daily Show, you have never heard of this "Daily Show" but you watch it, you like it, and you do a google search and find out it is on the Comedy Channel and now you make it "must see tv".

No problem is that link is to a site with permission to show the copyrighted material. See same argument as above.