Is Linking A Crime?

A very compelling read:

Via Gigaom

Criminalizing links: Why the Richard O’Dwyer case matters

"With the case, the U.S. government appears to be asserting that linking to copyright infringing files under any circumstances should not only be an offence but an extraditable offence, and that the U.S. government is fully prepared to reach into other countries and extradite their citizens when there is virtually no connection whatsoever between that person’s acts and U.S. law or jurisdiction."