This is, IMHO, the best reply and answer in this tread:
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Originally Posted by DeltAlum
If the list is copied and pasted, and if it is from a copyrighted article, it is a violation of the TOS and the copyright laws as well.
The chance of the "copyright police" looking here are pretty slim (as in almost non-existent), but it would be better to post a link.
That's really true of anything protected under the copyright laws.
The following is a post from the board administrator:
"Do not post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or you have permission from the copyright owner. This has been part of the site rules since these forums were started.
If you are posting a news article it is fine to post an excerpt/summary along with a link to the full article on the news publication's website."
In reality, most of us have broken that rule/law, but we really shouldn't.
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John posted it for some reason. So perhaps we should all try to follow it.
As for the possible reason(s) the John put that into the TOS for GC:
Here are a few educational links that one could click on for more details:
http://www.ivanhoffman.com/fair.html
http://www.bitlaw.com/copyright/fair_use.html
http://fairusenetwork.org/reference/freeexpip.php
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyrigh...er9/index.html
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
Even the above are not all to clear.
I was told/taught that the best thing to do in an open, web site was to write a very short, very brief, very simple into and then provide the link to site.
And as this site is not only open to all but also open to spiders, this is what I do.
Any other questions, please PM me.
Now, let us all get back to the original thread
