iowamark wrote: “No need to excerpt.”
Isn’t the reason why we can’t post anything from several publications here because some posters felt “no need to excerpt” when there obviously was a need to excerpt?
FreeRepublic has had (dubious)copyright infringement claims made against it by certain publishers.
Are you arguing in favor of excerpting every article on FR as a means of preempting future copyright infringement claims? That is a new argument to me. FR obviously does not mandate or encourage that practice.