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What the heck is ancillary copyright and why do we call it the Link Tax?

What the heck is ancillary copyright anyway? And why does it matter? And why do we keep calling it the link tax? All will be revealed within.
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Top EU Lawyer says linking to copyrighted content doesn’t make you an Internet pirate

Linking out to copyrighted content doesn't make you a criminal, or at least according to this EU lawyer. Why is this a key distinction?
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The bad idea that just got worse: how today’s European #copyright plans will damage the Internet

This afternoon the European Commission released its copyright communication, intended to set the direction for copyright reform for the entire EU under the Digital Single Market strategy. 

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