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Originally Posted by HawaiiTKE
Wow. GIve me a damn break. You guys are anal as fukk. Its a damn website. Get off your high horse. No one stole anything. I simply forgot to put it. So shut up already. It's over.
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"Under the present Copyright Act, copyright protection begins automatically upon creation of a work, and the work is "created" when it is fixed in a tangible medium for the first time. The work does not have to be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, nor does it have to carry a copyright notice. Both are advisable, however."
"...You should remember that it is not necessary to post a copyright notice for the author to have these rights, even on the web."
- US Copyright Web Site
http://www.universityofcalifornia.ed...ight/faqs.html
And no, copying an entire article does not fall under "fair use". Just an FYI. It IS a big deal to writers, photographers and owners of content.