“””certain thing aren’t allowed or are restricted on FR because of the lawsuit(s) back in the day... For instance, Getty Images are not allowed.
There used to be a list and I can’t seem to find it.”””
I would use caution posting an article on the forum, but in a random reply in a thread somewhere....maybe not so much.
-— haffast
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thanx. that’s the thread. bkmrkd. fair use on most stuff.
I remember back in the 90’s a couple of times I copied and pasted articles I got off the Dow Jones wire while at work. I was never told to stop, but looking back I’m pretty sure that was probably looked into.