Randy Steinman
Jul 5th 2009, 07:13 PM
We have received a stern, yet friendly, email from the author of an online article which was recently cut-and-pasted onto one of our forums.
The Reporter pointed out that posting an entire article without permission violates copyright and harms him financially since he is paid by the page view.
Effective immediately, cut-and-pastes of entire articles will not be allowed. If you wish to post the author's name and employer, the first couple of paragraphs and a link to the entire article, that is fine.
An example. (http://openline.medialine.com/showthread.php?t=32790)
In the future, cut-and-pastes of entire articles will be deleted -- even if a link is provided.
Thanks.
RPS
The Reporter pointed out that posting an entire article without permission violates copyright and harms him financially since he is paid by the page view.
Effective immediately, cut-and-pastes of entire articles will not be allowed. If you wish to post the author's name and employer, the first couple of paragraphs and a link to the entire article, that is fine.
An example. (http://openline.medialine.com/showthread.php?t=32790)
In the future, cut-and-pastes of entire articles will be deleted -- even if a link is provided.
Thanks.
RPS