AOL blocks LiveJournal links: E-book ramifications?
Deliberately or accidentally, AOL is blocking links from LiveJournal, according to a Slashdot post.
Hmm. Doesn’t the parent company, AOL Time Warner, do a little book publishing? Just what will this mean for the future when–at least in theory–books will be able to easily and reliably link to each other? Will AOL and other large conglomerates discriminate against competitors? Another argument for a TeleRead-style library.
Even if the AOL block is accidental–and for the moment I’ll be skeptical that it is–this shows how corporate priorities can differ from those associated with the general good. The problem should have been fixed immediately.
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