Yes, and businesses have no right to protect their trade secrets from their competitors. And hackers who invade your home and computer through wires have a right to sell to identity thieves everything they need to clean out your bank account.
The SAFE Network looks like a great solution that I believe has been in use since 2006. http://www.safecrossroads.net/
Yes, links to authors' content is the way to go. Why don't you post an article here about that?
I think I will.
Edit: I did, thanks for the suggestion andrea-annie: https://steemit.com/steem/@grittenald/copy-paste-steal-cite-your-sources