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I believe the reason many of us tolerate links to news articles and other content is because we believe in equality when it comes to information access. In other words, many of us believe that those who cannot afford a subscription to a paywalled site should still be able to read the articles, in much the same way public libraries allow those who cannot afford to purchase a book the ability to read it.

However, this doesn't apply to organizations that freely share copyrighted information while making money in the process, or to organizations that share copyrighted information in a way that specifically disadvantages or does harm to the original creator of that information.




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