Uh. yes it is.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2434965/posts?page=57#57
He then complained that some of “His” material had been reposted.
He posted it back here himself in all likelyhood:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2434965/posts?page=65#65
He was posting full text articles from NYT, AP, etc. at his website and then posting them as excerpts at FR with links to his site.
He never posted full text from those sites at FR.