Ironworks Gaming Forum - View Single Post - Legalities of copying and pasting from other sources on the internet

Chewbacca · 03-15-2005, 03:13 AM

The forum rules for fair use have greatly varied depending on the forum in my expirience. Some forums I visit seem to allow entire news articles for discussion, while others I frequent state in the TOS no more than 5-20% of an article, some with rules for specific discussion relevant to the quoted portions.

I dunno what the exact law is, but I think any infraction on the scale that a free discussion forum could potentially cause would merit anything more than a request to remove or edit the offending material, like a cease and desist request.

I tend to go with what each forum allows, or I should say use to go with, considering I rarely start news topics anymore.

[ 03-15-2005, 03:14 AM: Message edited by: Chewbacca ]

03-15-2005, 03:13 AM	#2
Chewbacca Zartan Join Date: July 18, 2001 Location: America, On The Beautiful Earth Age: 51 Posts: 5,373	The forum rules for fair use have greatly varied depending on the forum in my expirience. Some forums I visit seem to allow entire news articles for discussion, while others I frequent state in the TOS no more than 5-20% of an article, some with rules for specific discussion relevant to the quoted portions. I dunno what the exact law is, but I think any infraction on the scale that a free discussion forum could potentially cause would merit anything more than a request to remove or edit the offending material, like a cease and desist request. I tend to go with what each forum allows, or I should say use to go with, considering I rarely start news topics anymore. [ 03-15-2005, 03:14 AM: Message edited by: Chewbacca ] __________________ Support Local Music and Record Stores! Got Liberty?