Friendly Reminder: When posting articles - please REMEMBER the 50% rule. (Enforcing Bans on Copyright Violations)

Thank you for the clarification, I often find myself wondering what constitutes a 'copyright violation' on GLP.

You know that's a great idea and

yes. i think most people don't realize that posting an article in it's entirety is a copyright violation. 50% or less is acceptable but be sure to include a working link.

Can you please explain to me the policy on posting lyrics with music?

posting lyrics is also a violation.

posting a small excerpt with proper citation is acceptable.

Thank you.

Again, 50%?

Or less this time?

Salt, I once posted a full article to analyze and demonstrate how short the article was, and its lack of content on a particular subject. It is my understanding that this was a fair use. Would you agree?

if it is genuinely used for education purposes, it is always a good idea to post the statute:

This is copyrighted information presented under the Fair Use Doctrine of the United States Copyright Act (section 107 of title 17) which states: 'the fair use of a copyrighted work...for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.' In practice the courts have decided that anything which does not financially harm the copyright holder is fair use.

even if you are using copyrighted material for fair use, you still have cite/link the source.

*tickles your rump*

Thank you again. I remember.

intillegent ppl get around the rule by quicly posting 2 post with 1st 50% and 2nd 50%

Some link come up dead or non work yet the post is still alive. Perhaps this is a good time to remove posts that seem to paste more than 50% with dead links.

This is all wrong.
The 'fair use' clause in copyright law is the allowance for small bits of articles or books (other) used for an express purpose.
You are writing about an article and say, "The AP phrased it like this." Just that part can be used.
If you have longer areas copied there must be an express purpose. If you are giving an example of Joyce's chain of consciousness writing it might be excused to copy and entire page.
The Internet has messed this all up. Soon things will, as they should, become much stricter, just like print media.

Some Internet sites say that just part of an article can be copied but you must give a written reason. This skirts and ignores the real reason for the fair use clause exclusion.

What you can do is copy a small section out with a comment that relates to that section and then give the link.

Last Edited by Rinty on 04/27/2013 07:32 AM

Most articles only have two or three sentences of useful information anyways.

Paring down can be hard, I'm trying to get the hang of "just enough, while not too much".

I used to blame websites for banning me for copywrite laws but its not the WEBSITES fault. Its our GOVERNMENTS FAULT!

I have since become wise and now hold the evil of copywrite on those who pass laws to control.

Controling laws will ruin any society, family, culture, city, county, country, nations, peoples, and languages.

Copywrite = control = greed & secrecy!

Good to know!

50%!!!
YEAH BABY!

Thank you

Why is it copyright infringement if the source is cited?

I only post smilies, so I'm exempt.

Thanks Salt! I didn't know but do now. ...and we keep that in mind.

Last Edited by JasmineinNM on 04/27/2013 09:59 AM

because it is illegal to completely copy another person's work in its entirety in a discussion forum of this design.

YW. i am realizing that most people are not aware of the 50% rule and are making this mistake because they don't know it's wrong.

Because you are taking the intellectual property of another. However, you make copy small amounts FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE and cite the source and that is an exception called the fair use clause. Just limiting the amount to 50% is not enough. In time the Internet must catch up to this.

One cannot be one with intellectual property. You should think about what I am saying because you are out of the ONE!