[Larry_OHF]

Originally posted by Memnoch: From a practical point of view, I thought the only time you'd open yourself up to risk of copyright infringement from copying and pasting an article is if you were a ) profiting from it (eg posting something and making people pay to read it) or b ) you posted it on your website (not on a forum, but an actual site eg Ironworks front page) and passed it off as yours; or c ) plagiarised from it and did a ) and b ).

That was my understanding as well.

However I've recently heard legal advice which suggests otherwise - that ANY posting of articles and images, no matter where from or how little you copy and paste, leaves the message board open to being sued for copyright breach. I didn't realise the law was this stringent, particularly with respect to images (which we all copy and paste).

Freaking crap!! If we are doing something that could even possibly get Ziroc sued and IW shut down, then it would be my feeling to not even take the chance and live life safely. It would not be me getting into trouble, it would be Ziroc losing money over allowing this forum to operate with posted illegal material. I would not want to do that to him, nor would I want to lose IW for myself. But if this newfound idea is bogus, and cannot be upheld then I see no problem with posting material as long as it is cited or referenced.

Another thing. Since you said here that locking a thread that has cited material would be a bad thing, maybe the next time I see a thread from somebody that does not give credit where its due will need to be edited to remove the uncited work.

We need TLs input on this, certainly, as well as Ziroc's.

I hope we can resolve these issues soon.