Fair Use:Boston.com Sued for Posting News Story Snippets Linked to Full Articles

[mandy]

If successful, a lawsuit against the New York Times Co. brought by Gatehouse, a chain of local newspapers, could radically change the way information is distributed on the Internet. The suit challenges the widespread practice of reproducing samples of text with links to original published content on other sites...

full article: http://ecommercetimes.com/story/Lawsuit-...65638.html

[BellisimaJ.]

I agree with the writer. I think they're primarily interested in being paid for what is considered "fair use".
I don't see how they can possibly prohibit anyone from just linking to their stories. but I hope they don't wind up redefining "fair use".

This sucks.