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I believe the root complaint is the link shows the "Title", a small snippet, and/or a thumbnailed image.

The concern is that it's a law essentially designed to punish large companies for essentially doing what the internet is built to do: link to other sites.

To not have any snippets and just display raw URL links would be to essentially go back to the early 90's in terms of user experience.

Edit: Also, arguably, the headline itself is a quote. How can you charge someone for quoting something newsworthy? That seems to be the very definition of fair use.



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