I copied and pasted it from a Google search result (because otherwise the file downloads without showing me the URL). Google of course has decided "copy link to" shouldn't work.
I’ve noticed this issue a lot of times. Is Google deliberately inserting Unicode crap at the end of URL:s in order to prevent copy-and-paste from their search results? Or perhaps it’s to prevent scraping, and the loss of copy and paste functionality is just collateral damage.
An addon to Firefox (mobile, too) and Chrome that prevents Google from changing the link address to a tracking address, allowing you to right click a search result, then choose Copy link address, and get the correct result.
I agree with mpyne, though, that it shouldn't be necessary.
Does that work?
I copied and pasted it from a Google search result (because otherwise the file downloads without showing me the URL). Google of course has decided "copy link to" shouldn't work.