[Piranha]

Under copyright law, people can excerpt for fair use. While news agencies may pull their sites, we can link through Google's caches and also can post the relevant passages under the "fair use" doctrine.

It's a pain, but I don't think it's a fundamental handicap to FR's value and effectiveness.

[jern]

great idea, would be great if the person who posted the article could go back and get google's cache (which takes about 2 days to hit the web after it posts on the internet)

[weegee]

While news agencies may pull their sites, we can link through Google's caches and also can post the relevant passages under the "fair use" doctrine.

But examine what you said there... Google caches all of the media's articles (except those who opt out) without paying to do so. Why is Google granted a priviledge that is not afforded Free Republic? Have these outlets all sent their cease and decist letters to Google.com?

If not, then they are not effectively protecting their copyrights.

Google even caches Free Republic.