[Quick1]

How so? They're not infringing your right to speak, only your right to copy an article from a news source. If you don't like copyright laws, take it up with Disney and the government.

I agree that this sucks, but saying that it infringes your freedom of speech is just silly.

[antceecee]

How much does their copyright protect? Fox and other news outlets have weekend shows that review the media stories and critique their fairness. FreeRepublic members perform a similar service only daily. In order to adequately discuss what the media is saying you have to be able to excerpt from their stories. Were copyright laws written to protect them from fair critique of their coverage? If you cannot quote specific passages from their articles they in effect shut you up.

[Reagan Man]

I never said anyones right to freedom of speech was being infringed upon. That's what you said. OTOH, there are many associated aspects to free speech.

A few years back, FreeRepublic's owner/operator Jim Robinson was taken to court by the Washington Post and LA Times for copyright infringement. Many people considered this a bogus lawsuit. The court said we FReepers had to stop posting full articles from the WP&LAT`s websites.

In that context, this is another effort by certain publications to stifle the publics right to fair use of the written word, for education and discussion purposes only. Not to mention an effort to silence FreeRepublic.