Perhaps I'm just too dumb to understand it, but isn't linking simply giving the URL - like www,tomshardware.com ? If that is the case then we also may be infringing copyright when we tell someone, verbally, that they should check out this cool video at www.cantwatchthis.com.
Why, I may be infringing an MPAA copyright by recommending that someone should go see a movie that I saw, so I guess I'd better stop recommending movies to friends. And what about musicians, songs, albums? Probably infringement too, so I'd better stop that as well.
It seems to me that the MPAA and their alphabet soup kin won't be happy until we have to pay for every time we hear or see something they lay claim to. I bet it makes them sick to think that I can buy a Blu-ray and watch it more than once, that I can listen to a song over and over again and they don;t get paid for that.
Side note - If I were in law enforcement, I'd start digging into this judges bank account or keep an eye on the job he gets if he quits being a judge.