Are we required to post in entirety just because something does not appear on that list?
Required? Nope.
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See, I’m confused. In the past, complaints here at FR of “blog pimping” have been about the original poster posting their own material in excerpted form in order to drive hits to their own blog.
This is somebody else’s copyrighted material. It’s not mine. And posting the entire thing would not be in keeping with “fair use”, IMO.
If I’m misunderstanding the problem, please let me know.
A couple of weeks ago, I asked on a thread why there was this sudden interest in going after “blog pimps.” The excuse I was given was that some people had created blogs which didn’t add anything original, but which themselves contained stolen YouTube videos and such, and which could indirectly affect FreeRepublic’s legal position if we linked to them.
Such an argument does not pertain to the Watts Up With That blog, which contains original material and is one of the best sites for those opposed to global warming fanaticism.
I would like to know why there is such animosity towards posting of links to all blogs. The explanation I was previously given is a smoke screen as evidenced by the vicious posts by the anti-blog police on this thread which are aimed at a legitimate and very useful web site.
Can someone please come clean and explain what is going on here?