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Looks like AutoLink is starting to get attention even at TIME now! Could CNN be next? Talk about a public relations disaster...
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The BBC news article is somewhat good to see too, although they focus that article on the opinion's of mostly everyone but the ones who are being robbed by G$ evil AutoLink: the actual website owners.
And that BBC article's reference to "Cory Doctorow, European outreach coordinator for digital civil liberties group" is a contradiction in terms. You cannot possibly be for civil rights and/or free speech and yet simultaneously support the copyright- and bandwith-robbery of AutoLink.
BBC, AP, REUTERS and a slew of other "traditional" media have pending stories, Bloggers have done a better job reporting on this so far however..
Once you have the Google toolbar installed, reload this page and look for the grayed-out "AutoLink" button. Now, click here to look at my résumé. My address in the upper right corner of the page hasn't turned into a link, but the AutoLink button has changed to "Look for Map." Click the button, and voilá—AutoLink modifies the local copy of the page to turn the address into a link to Google Maps. Give a click and you can see where I live. Now, is that really so terrible?
Here we go again. That falsely "asks" for the opinion of the supposed user's standpoint, as if AutoLink theft of copyright and bandwidth of the owners do not even mater. From the view of of the ones being robbed, it does not matter what users think.
"Here's $1,000 and several shelves that G$ just robbed from your local corner mom&pop store you like to shop at. You can use this stolen money for whatever you want. Now, is that really so terrible?"
YES IT IS!
It doesn't matter how much the stolen amount supposedly benefits another. Theft is theft and is always evil.
And every user who uses the AutoLink is an accomplice to theft. It is irrelevant what any users think about AutoLink.
Tricky Business it is – Media.
