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To: quidnunc
are you saying that Free Republic is exempt from federal law or are you saying that Freepers should become outlaws, thereby placing themselves in jeopardy of being hauled into court?

Not at all.

Free Republic has already gone through a lengthy lawsuit over just this subject. The lawsuit has been settled, as you probably know, and there are restrictions.

Which position are you taking?

I take the Free Republic position, which is 'excerpt' when necessary, otherwise post the entire article as legitimate for public use and free discussion.

Unneccessary excerpting tends to stunt discussion as well as often loses the rest of the article when it becomes a deleted link. When it is posted here, the full text can be referenced at any time in the future, not just if the originator happens to leave it on his website.

Posting rules as well as publications/sources which must be excerpted are posted in Reference For Excerpting Articles - Please Read And Bookmark, which Jim Robinson has authored.

I check this listing before I post. It takes a few minutes, but avoids hassling everybody. I find I tend to pass by many articles if they are unneccessariily excerpted and I'm sure others do also. If anybody is going to post, they need to do it as a service, not a disservice. You are obviously interested in posting and good at finding articles. Most would appreciate it if they don't feel hassled. If you follow Jim Robs' guidelines, there should be no problem.

25 posted on 04/12/2004 3:14:29 PM PDT by Gritty
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To: Gritty
Gritty wrote: Free Republic has already gone through a lengthy lawsuit over just this subject. The lawsuit has been settled, as you probably know, and there are restrictions.

Which it los — and make no mistake, when you settle and agree to the other fellow's demands it is a loss.

So in this light it is clear that posting copyrighted material in toto is illegal!

Which is what FR is conceding when it restricts posts of copyrighted material to exerpts upon request.

26 posted on 04/12/2004 3:25:58 PM PDT by quidnunc (Omnis Gaul delenda est)
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