"If this kind of automated hyperlinking is ruled illegal, the Internet is going to grind to a halt," said Ira Rothken, legal counsel for MP3Board.com. [snip] This is about the fact that the sources MP3Board.com are linking to are blatantly pirate sites which they are aware of." says Steve Fabrizio, for the RIAA.

This has some pretty serious implications. Basically this could be carried over to any kind of known linking of anything illegal if you want to get nice an vague. I wonder if someone who runs a MP3 messageboard could get sued because of users posting links...