<story><title>The senators who say linking to certain sites should be a felony</title><url>http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110513/11210514265/senators-who-say-merely-linking-to-certain-sites-should-be-felony.shtml</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Jeema3000</author><text>Let&apos;s take this speculative legislation down the slippery slope, shall we?  Next stop: full-speed collision with the First Amendment!...&lt;p&gt;Putting the URL in question on a website... but it&apos;s not actually a hyperlink, just plain text?  Felony or not?&lt;p&gt;Printing the URL on a t-shirt and selling them?  Felony or not?&lt;p&gt;Passing out pamphlets that list the URL?  Felony or not?&lt;p&gt;Mentioning the URL in a news publication?  Felony or not?&lt;p&gt;Telling your friend the URL?  Felony or not?</text></comment>
<story><title>The senators who say linking to certain sites should be a felony</title><url>http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110513/11210514265/senators-who-say-merely-linking-to-certain-sites-should-be-felony.shtml</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kgermino</author><text>Once again, these are not the senators who think linking to a website should be a felony, these are the senators who have no idea what they are doing and are supporting bills handed to them by the copyright lobby.&lt;p&gt;Not that that&apos;s any better.</text></comment>