[Wiix]

Originally Posted by DocJohn

Generally we frown upon the wholesale copying and pasting of copyrighted articles found elsewhere on the Net, especially if they are publicly available articles.

When we're made aware of such copyright violations, we're required by law to remove the offending article.

If you'd like to post something about an article you find online, please feel free to go and post a short summary of the article (or an abstract, or the first paragraph or the like), along with a link to the full article for folks to read if they're interested.

Please refrain from posting entire copyrighted articles without first obtaining the author's explicit written permission. Exceptions can be made for articles that are behind pay walls and are for educational or research purposes, but these should be few and far between.

Thank you for your cooperation!
DocJohn

Fair Use Allows you too post up to 65 words. Just include the link where you get it. So what's the problem??? Copy and Paste the relevant part up to 65 words ONLY.

[DocJohn]

Actually, from my understanding of the case law that defines "Fair use," there is no word limit on what constitutes "fair use." If an article is 65 words long, and you copy the entire thing, that is not fair use (unless you're doing so for educational or research purposes). Without getting technical, there are a number of factors a court would look at to determine whether the use is "fair" or not. Percentage copied (usually less than 10%), is one of those factors.

As mollymcn, there very well may be appropriate exceptions for educational or research purposes here, but we drew up our guidelines to strike an easy balance between what is easy for others to understand and to set a guideline that is readily followed.

DocJohn