finnigan2 wrote:
("Invariably, quidnunc posts an excerpt, and someone else posts the full thing. People then thank the second poster for posting the whole thing. So, why isn't the full thing just posted the first time?") - What you are seeing has been going on for longer than the Hatfield/McCoy feud. Quidnunc ALWAYS posts excerpts because his is a principled stand against copyright infringement or some such legal technicality that would be violated if he were to reproduce the whole article. A number of other freepers are upset at this and immediately post the whole story to show that they think he's being a pain. The unfortunate side effect is that while most readers really look forward to Stein's articles, this running dispute has caused many to stop reading the stories since half the postings consist of sniping back and forth over the, "to post, or not to post" issue.Whnat the people who like Steyn's writing need to ask themselves is what will they do if the peoplke who took over the hollinger newspapers forbid any posting of their content like Gannett did.
Then there won't even be exceprts form Steyn's articles.
By the way, Gannett hasn't forbidden posting of it's content on Luciasnne.com, which is a conservative site too.
The difference is that L.com limits articles to a 75-word excerpt and a link.
By the way, Gannett hasn't forbidden posting of it's content on Luciasnne.com, which is a conservative site too.The difference is that L.com limits articles to a 75-word excerpt and a link.
Copyright law doesn't allow for such differences. That's just the way it is, baby.