[Sabertooth]

And it's all bollox.

Fair use does not apply to Free Republic; if it did it wouldn't have had to settle with the WaPo and LAT.

That settlement didn't give up fair use for the site in general.

If fair use didn't apply to FR, why didn't the judge rule it didn't? The fact that there was a settlement cuts both ways.

The reason why we have Freepathons, and not subscriptions, is in large part to maintain the viability of fair use for FR.

Go the the Stanford University Copyright and Fair Use Center and do some reading.

Then look over the Terms of Use Agreement you made with Free Republic.

JohnHuang2 and kattracks are moderators here, and they post articles in full all the time. Why do you think that is?

Why do you think there isn't a requirement that all articles on FR be excerpted?

You misunderstand the application of fair use to FR, and your unnecessary excerpts are an apple-polishing nuisance.

STOPTHEEXCERPTS

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Sabertooth wrote:

If fair use didn't apply to FR, why didn't the judge rule it didn't? The fact that there was a settlement cuts both ways.

Because there was a settlement before it went to trial.

I'm not going to argue the matter with you any more.

If you see a thread started by me you will know that in must cases it will be an exerpt with a link, so caveat lector.