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"Okay, thanks for the clarification. I apologize if I have offended any FReepers."

Oh don't worry. I seriously doubt that you've offended any FReepers, other than those who are habitual malcontents.

All you have done is to call attention to the curiosity of a "journalistic enterprise" demanding that it's work be excerpted while using the forum's exposure to advertise that same work.

It's kind of like your neighbor inviting himself over for dinner and then telling you exactly how to cook it.

We wouldn't want you to get the idea that you did something wrong by noticing this oddity. It's just that not everything that's legal is necessarily right. The IRS confiscating a third of your income is legal too. But it certainly isn't right.