I have been following this discussion in superficial way so it is possible
what I am about to say has been said and discussed/dismissed already.
Surely the important point is the intention of the linker. If the link is
merely a 'citation' with no pretense that the thing linked to is the work
or property of the the linker then it is no more than a technologically
enhanced version of any citation in any academic paper.
If, however, there is an covert or overt attempt to pass it off as 'yours'
then it is an infringement of copyright or some other form of IPR.
I don't know of any publisher who considers the producers of A&I services
to be infringing their (the publishers') copyright by including references
to articles they (the indexing service) don't own in their database or
printed publication.
Regards,
John Smith,
University of Kent at Canterbury.
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