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No, actually that is not correct, and it is the opposite (at least in the US).
Comment by [deleted] at 07/09/2014 at 12:50 UTC
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At the very least it's a legal grey area, even in the US.
reddit could get into trouble if they did nothing, especially because they don't have a whole lot of lawyer money.
The opposing Lawyers don't have to win the case, only sue reddit into oblivion.
Examples
https://www.chillingeffects.org/linking/faq.cgi[1] https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20061201/004047.shtml[2] http://abovethelaw.com/2012/03/since-when-is-merely-linking-to-copyrighted-content-an-extraditable-offense/[3]
1: https://www.chillingeffects.org/linking/faq.cgi
2: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20061201/004047.shtml
Like I said I don't agree with the law's position, but you can't deny that flagrantly linking to Illegal/copyrighted content can still get you into trouble.