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by nl 4301 days ago
How does Genius get away with copying an entire (paywalled) article with a single link back?

Perhaps the commentary is transformational enough to make it arguable legal, but it seems entirely wrong to me.

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Would it be sufficient to add a Disqus widget to the article? If so, why couldn't reddit or HN repost entire articles? Perhaps The Information has licensed their content to Genius, in exchange for visibility and branded commenters.

In-place annotations are part of ongoing work at W3C (http://www.w3.org/2014/04/annotation/), and will allow bring-your-own-annotation servers. Genius.com wants to "annotate the web", making the site a possible future HN substitute. Does Genius.com plan to license guest posts, until such time as content providers enable 3rd-party annotations?