[Timesink]

Copyright law requires that the holder protect the property on a universal basis or else the broad protection may be deemed waived. A holder places his enforcement rights in jeopardy if he allows some infringers to do so unchallenged while at the same time he places others on notice to desist.

Except that they don't actually DO this. At least, the LAT/WP don't. Liberal sites are allowed to post LAT/WP material with abandon. I don't know about Onion reposts, but I have a feeling it wouldn't take more than two minutes' worth of Google searches to find dozens of other sites reposting their stuff.

[Diverdogz]

but I have a feeling it wouldn't take more than two minutes' worth of Google searches to find dozens of other sites reposting their stuff.

In that case, I'd simply ask two minutes of your time to show us where this is happening. You can spare two minutes...right?

[af_vet_rr]

I don't know about Onion reposts, but I have a feeling it wouldn't take more than two minutes' worth of Google searches to find dozens of other sites reposting their stuff.

Those dozens of other sites probably are nowhere near the size of FR and probably don't even cause a small bump in their bandwidth expenses, etc., not to mention the excellent copyright explanation in #147 (forgot who, sorry).