Subscribing to the Atlantic won’t put any money in Simon Garfield’s pocket, but freely sharing his article will provide promotion for his book about the history of Comic Sans. Why do you think it’s okay to deny Simon Garfield some potential book sales?
But it does violate a copyright to post the article, which you claimed to have done. So which did you do, post the article (and commit a COPYRIGHT VIOLATION) or post a link to a paywall?
Subscribing to the Atlantic won’t put any money in Simon Garfield’s pocket, but freely sharing his article will provide promotion for his book about the history of Comic Sans. Why do you think it’s okay to deny Simon Garfield some potential book sales?
I posted the article…
You posted a link to a paywall, unless you’re admitting to
COPYRIGHT VIOLATION
.It does not violate a copyright to provide a link.
But it does violate a copyright to post the article, which you claimed to have done. So which did you do, post the article (and commit a
COPYRIGHT VIOLATION
) or post a link to a paywall?I linked to an article, as I’ve already stated. If you don’t want to pay attention, I don’t know why you’re here.