[Jim Robinson]

Please do not post full text from SF Chronicle and SF Gate. I've added them to our growing list of excerpt only publications. I'm afraid it won't be long until we have to excerpt and link only for most.

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[commish]

At least they were nice about it, and didn't come bashing your door down with lawyers.

I personally don't have a problem posting excerpts. It might be time to consider just making it FR policy that any copyrighted material must be posted as an excerpt unless the author gives consent.

[IncPen]

It's inevitable... until we get a better reading from SCOTUS re: fair use on the web...

[Condor51]

I think you are correct. Excerpts will become the norm.

Which btw is not a bad thing IMO. Sometimes it's easier on the eyes to read the original due to formatting and such.

[Drango]

Bite me John Angelico. I'm proud to say I canceled my subscription to your worthless rag. I'll excerpt, but never, ever will I buy your filthy paper no matter how constipated my bird is.

[leadpenny]

Give 'em what they want, Jim. Prohibit anything to do with the SF Cronicle.

No links. No excerpts. Nothing! Who needs 'em?

[BCrago66]

There's not much of value in that paper anyway, except for comedic value.

[IronJack]

We all knew this would become a problem after the LAT/WP suit.

[.38sw]

Please remove these full text posts (or replace them w/ abstracts and links to the full article on our site).

So, they expect you to go back and remove full text posts? Not just "don't do it anymore", but actually remove previous posts?

[glock rocks]

Oh darn. We're gonna miss out on stuff like this?

"Maybe it's still to come. Maybe total screaming misery and unspeakable sociocultural collapse coupled with wanton bestiality and incest and the giving away of free anal beads to innocent teenagers takes more than a month. Maybe I'm just a little impatient."

...from article linked in the thread.

[SF Republican]

Don't post, hell, don't read (unless you want a blood pressure check)

[Rodney King]

You'd think that if FR was truly in bed with Karl Rove that you would be able to get some help from the White House.

[hellinahandcart]

Bad news for fans of Miss Morford.

[nuconvert]

Well, they asked nicely.

[Freedom2specul8]

I really feel for you guys..I don't see how you can possibly keep up with checking all of the articles to make sure they are following guidelines....I can't thank you all enough for the hard work you and your helpers do.

[radioman]

LOL! I was wondering when this would happen. Many of those articles have been changed. When you post an excerpt, they can claim you took it out of context. If you go to their archives, you'll find that the article no longer resembles the article you posted an excerpt from. They like to be able to clean things up when they get caught lying.

Limbaugh posts the full articles for his members just to prove they changed. Seems like FreeRepublic should have the same right...

[mhking]

SF Gate/Chronicle are excerpt only. Got it.

[upchuck]

I've added them to our growing list of excerpt only publications.

Jim, is this list published somewhere?

[tpaine]

To; John Angelico

Dear sfgate.com,

It has come to my attention that you have forbidden me from posting copyrighted SF Chronicle articles.

This troubles me as I have subscribed to the Chronicle for over 40 years and feel that I have paid for the right to post verbatim articles at FR's Message Board area.
I doubt you would dispute that I have the right to copy and post such articles on any bulletin board in town for discussion purposes.

You even urge me to go to your website & send these same copyrighted articles to friends. -- And that is exactly what I am doing when I post them at FR.

Thus, - your stance on this matter is irrational. The news you publish will be discussed on websites like FR, with or without posting your copy verbatim.
-- You are playing a losing game by alienating your subscribers.

[ladyinred]

Nothing personal I am sure, right? :-)