This is outright copyright infringement. To read the article online you need to be a subscriber to the New Yorker magazine (link: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/18/100118fa_fact_... ) I doubt that scribd link has their permission to duplicate and redistribute like that. I know this is probably not a popular thing to point out but if this is acceptable then are we going to start linking to torrents of pirated movies too?
This bring up a complaint about Scribd that I've heard from a few people.
Most notably Merlin Mann said: "The core of Scribd’s model is the lowest form of leeching; yoinking other people’s shit without permission, then deliberately making it a giant pain in the ass for people to use."
http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/323549005/too-bad-so-i-went...
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[ 8.4 ms ] story [ 29.9 ms ] threadMost notably Merlin Mann said: "The core of Scribd’s model is the lowest form of leeching; yoinking other people’s shit without permission, then deliberately making it a giant pain in the ass for people to use." http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/323549005/too-bad-so-i-went...
Thoughts?