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  Re: Don't steal things from other web sites
 
(...) Yikes! Todd, this seems to be saying that no one could in any way quote any information from any source without explicit permission (with a few exceptions). I have seen many instances of people quoting news information that would, stricly (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Don't steal things from other web sites
 
(...) I found (...) around for (...) them at a (...) Copyright law includes the concept of "fair use" to cover this problem. For example, one can quote a paragraph from a book in order to critique it. You can do this without permission of the (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Don't steal things from other web sites
 
[I'm replying to Dave & Terry here at the same time, but following-up to Dave's message. I re-inserted some elements of Terry's message deleted by Dave to make the reply easier for me.] Dave Baum: (...) Right-o, yup. If it truly falls under Fair (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Don't steal things from other web sites
 
(...) Hrmmmm. I can definitely see a complete 100% copy and paste really calling for this, especially since they were "original" descriptions, not just facts. Gotta wonder, though, how many people really bother with this, and if everyone did, how (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Don't steal things from other web sites
 
(...) I wonder too. I think it definitely slows the spread of information. Still, I don't believe that the ends don't justify the means; and getting permission first probably only slows things by a very small percentage overall. (...) Then again, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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