We should not print full article without permission of the site or author.
Well, there's a real easy way for Free Republic to set that policy into effect -- they just dispense with the thread that specifies the excerpts -- and just make it a mandatory requirement for all posting... that's all that has to be done. It's part of the algorithm there in the posting page, when you post.
You would know that if you ever missed an article that was supposed to be excerpted or perhaps "link only" as it's already in the algorithm here. That will stop you from posting a thread that way, if you miss it.
And by the way, I regularly post Tulsa World articles that are by the Staff and/or local reporter. I don't do that for AP articles that show up in the Tulsa World, though, as they have their own requirements.
I also use many other news sources that don't have those requirements, either. And it's much more than someone not wanting to click on a link. It's that the link disappears after a while, when the website updates the stories and you completely lose the story. You have "no information" then, for any future readers. This is a way to keep the "information" archived so that future readers can see it. I've got articles from years back, that are no longer on the link, but they are included on Free Republic and provide good "resource material" for future reference and proof and future discussion.
I think that would be in Free Republic's best interests to do so. I also think it would be legally and morally proper.
And it's much more than someone not wanting to click on a link. It's that the link disappears after a while, when the website updates the stories and you completely lose the story. You have "no information" then, for any future readers. This is a way to keep the "information" archived so that future readers can see it. I've got articles from years back, that are no longer on the link, but they are included on Free Republic and provide good "resource material" for future reference and proof and future discussion.
I sympathize totally. However, Free Republic has not secured the rights to become such an archive.