[VRWCmember]

Do you subscribe to all the newspapers that have stories reposted here on Free Republic? Are you a thief for not subscribing?

No, but most of these newspapers post their articles on the internet for viewing without a subscription. Others have sued over posting of their articles and FR has a requirement that its posters honor the terms of the settlement stipulating that only excerpts may be posted along with a link to the newspaper's website for the original article. But thank you for giving an example of the fair use doctrine in action.

[babygene]

" No, but most of these newspapers post their articles on the internet for viewing without a subscription"

Wrong! If a newspaper puts articls on the web for viewing, that does not necessarly give you a right to copy and past or print them... Almost everything on the internet that's worth reading is also copyrighted. And most of it is not posted by the copyright owner...