Plagiarism, defamation and the power of hyperlinks
Posted on August 20, 2012 at 18:47 PM EDT
If Fareed Zakaria and Jonah Lehrer had spent more time linking to the original sources of content they used in their writing, they wouldn't have faced accusations of plagiarism. Their cases and a recent defamation lawsuit against Gawker Media help reinforce the value of the hyperlink.