Oh no - such a discussion early in the morning ruins your whole day. Let's hope the law bloggers jump into the discussion and untangle the whole thing a bit. In my (admittedly extremely layperson's) opinion, anyone who publishes something thereby gives consent to link to it - that was also established in the Paperboy case. And quotes in themselves are allowed. Just as expressing one's own opinion is allowed. And these are exactly the functions that a typical blog usually performs. Certainly there are limits - but I already see a difference between what a blog like mine does and what this Swede did. On the other hand, there's hardly any stupid idea that some lawyer somewhere hasn't represented at some point, and in Germany the decisions made as a result of such proceedings are sometimes a bit strange... Here's the original article.