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12-18-2006, 10:11 PM
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This policy sucks. 
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12-18-2006, 10:16 PM
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I didn't quite get that whole thing methomps.
Could you post the policy in it's entirety?
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12-19-2006, 01:31 AM
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I didn't quite get that whole thing methomps.
Could you post the policy in it's entirety?
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Sure. Consider it my way of sticking it to the Man.
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Originally Posted by osugrad21
Guys, we are changing our policies regarding the cutting/pasting of articles...we will no longer allow entire articles to be copied even if they are free. Please simply link the article and either copy the title or give a brief summary. Thanks for understanding.
Example:
USAToday
Tressel Elected President
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12-20-2006, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by osugrad21
Clarity said so.
Seriously though, some media folks contacted the site and were very cordial in their requests for linking and small summaries. We decided it was a better policy for all articles instead of just the few sites that requested it. Afterall, it is about the web hits.
Nothing major...worst case scenario, someone may have to register at a site to read the articles.
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You are not the only forum i participate in and now I'm starting to get pissed about it. For this site that makes no sense. The ads and all copy with this type of setup you have. stupid.
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12-20-2006, 01:24 PM
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It's a non-event.
We can still summarize and even still copy and paste small portions of the articles; but just snatching the entire thing off of another site and pasting it here is a pretty brazen violation of their property rights, when everyone out there (and their dog) has some sort of stake in the world-wide intar-nets game these days.
What prompted this was a friendly but entirely direct email from a writer for the Columbus Dispatch.
All people are losing are the rest of the words used to convey the message, what they're not losing is the message itself. If they wish to read the original work in its original form, there's a link on the same post. What we gain in being able to browse quickly through for the content we actually care about.
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The ads and all copy with this type of setup you have. stupid.
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I don't really understand this statement, otherwise I'd try to respond to it.
For sites that require log-ins (but not paid subscriptions) we can be a little more aggressive about how much we paste, and also include a link to the enormously helpful bugmenot.com as well.
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12-20-2006, 01:27 PM
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Let's see this in practice;
Clarity's Explanation
"We can still summarize and even still copy and paste small portions of the articles; but just snatching the entire thing off of another site and pasting it here is a pretty brazen violation of their property rights, when everyone out there (and their dog) has some sort of stake in the world-wide intar-nets game these days."
Portion of the original work is quoted, without lifting the entire work. We end up with a more concise summary, and the option to click through and go see more. No loss.
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12-20-2006, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Clarity
I don't really understand this statement, otherwise I'd try to respond to it.
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Clarity, I didn't get that statement either but I just wasn't sure if I was missing something so I let it be.
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12-20-2006, 01:45 PM
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