Re: "A decision to put hyperlinks beyond the reach of copyright"
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If you have a private telephone numbers (and you are someone many would like to know the number of), and someone publish it without your consent, how would you feel?
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Private unlisted numbers are often published in lists sold to tele-marketing companies. I may well be hacked off, but I would not regard it as a breach of copyright. Get used to the fact that not everything that is annoying is illegal.