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		btilly on March 24, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A fifteen year old TCP bug? Hosting a scan is not fair use, but linking to a copyright violation is not generally a copyright violation. Though a few courts have ruled that it can be if done for the specific purpose of knowingly disseminating illegal material. See http://www.chillingeffects.org/linking/faq.cgi#QID152 for more.

estel on March 24, 2011 | [–]

That's true, but the original point was 'poor form', which this likely falls under also.

ZoFreX on March 24, 2011 | [–]

It may not be illegal, but it's incredibly poor form.

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