Updated FR Excerpt and Link Only or Deny Posting List due to Copyright Complaints

April 5, 2004 | Jim Robinson

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Good question. Let me know what you learn.

[sweetliberty]

Looks to me like the latest anti-conservative attack strategy of the liberals. they hate Rush, Savage and the others on the radio, they hate Fox on TV and they hate us on the web. Well, their loss. Any site that requires registration to read the full article, I don't bother with.

[rdb3]

antiwar.com?

What a tragedy.

NOT!

Show 'em my motto!

[ConservativeMan55]

lol

[cyborg]

Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya... as if I'd ever register to read some their crap anyway.

[sweetliberty]

Exactly. As fast as the readership of some of these crappy papers and newsmags is declining, I wouldn't think they could afford to be alientating any potential readers.

[Tamzee]

Got it, yes... thanks!

Bookmarked for future reference...

[cyborg]

Look at that list... hardly any conservative papers. That's says A LOT.

[sweetliberty]

Yep....and I guess they want to make sure no one perceives them that way. I don't think they have any worries about that.

[Boot Hill]

Jim Robinson:   "These publishers have asked us not to allow any material at all to be posted to FR."

Mudboy Slim:   "Can they enforce that?"

FairOpinion:   "They can't dictate to us, not to use an excerpt or discuss their articles."

Certainly, those publishers can't be relying on the copyright laws for this. What's up with that, Jim?

--Boot Hill

[Mudboy Slim]

"...hardly any conservative papers. That's says A LOT."

Yeah, and what the heck is "The Onion"'s problem?...we give them all sorts of good publicity...MUD

[MaryFromMichigan]

bttt

[cyborg]

I don't know but since they sent that snotty little letter to JimRob screw them.

[Mudboy Slim]

"...they sent that snotty little letter to JimRob screw them."

I missed that...reckon they're gettin' too big fer their britches...MUD

[FairOpinion]

CHAPTER 9. Fair Use

Fair use is a copyright principle based on the belief that the public is entitled to freely use portions of copyrighted materials forpurposes of commentary and criticism. For example, if you wish to criticize a novelist, you should have the freedom to quote a portion of the novelist's work without asking permission. Absent this freedom, copyright owners could stifle any negative comments about their work.

Unfortunately, if the copyright owner disagrees with your fair use interpretation, the dispute will have to be resolved by courts or arbitration. If it's not a fair use, then you are infringing upon the rights of the copyright owner and may be liable for damages.

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/index.html

[cyborg]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/985865/posts

[Mudboy Slim]

"Fair use is a copyright principle based on the belief that the public is entitled to freely use portions of copyrighted materials forpurposes of commentary and criticism."

CheckMate...Right?!

FReegards...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

It's not my arse that has to deal with the legal beagles, but that "cease and desist order" seems like an empty threat...whatta buncha MAROOOONS!! FR.com is free publicity fer TheOnion.

SHEEESH...MUD

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[socal_parrot]

I see we're still OK with the wackjobs at Aztlan.net.

[Hunble]

This is a list of people who are ashamed of what they publish. The idea that what they write and publish can be archived, is absolutely abhorrent to them.

They count upon the short attention span of most Americans and hope that nobody will do a factual check at a later date.

We may not post the full text from these sources on Free Republic, but what you do with your own computer is a different matter.

Like a Vampire, they are terrified of being exposed to the light.

Archive, archive, archive!

[Jim Robinson]

I decided I didn't want to spend the rest of my live in depositions and court hearings, etc. Not to mention the fact that I don't have the financial resources necessary to fight these people all the way to the supreme court anyway.

[Howlin]

These sites must be excerpted and linked only:

• aim.org
• baltimoresun.com
• bayarea.com
• boxofficemojo.com
• bsudailynews.com
• businessweek.com
• cavalierdaily.com
• chicagotribune.com
• ctnow.com
• daily-chronicle.com
• dailypress.com
• gallup.com
• gazette.net
• GCN.com
• goerie.com
• greenwichtime.com
• gwpi.net
• heraldnet.com
• holahoy.com
• jewishworldreview.com
• laopinion.com
• latimes.com
• mcall.com
• mercurynews.com
• msn.com
• msnbc.com
• nationalweekly.com
• newsday.com
• nynewsday.com
• oregonmag.com
• orlandosentinel.com
• post-gazette.com
• postwritersgroup.com
• sfgate.com
• sitepoint.com
• sjmercury.com
• spokesman-recorder.com
• stamfordadvocate.com
• startribune.com
• sun-sentinel.com
• sunspot.net
• toledoblade.com
• tribune.com
• washingtonpost.com
• washingtontechnology.com
• washpostco.com
• worldpress.org
• wral.com<------------------

[South40]

Did you read the article on atzlan about the four American security specialists killed in Iraq? It says, in part...

The four US mercenaries that met a cruel death in Iraq today were selling their services to the oil companies for a few bucks a month. The Iraqi people who killed them were defending their land from foreign invaders determined to loot their oil.

Anti-Americanism at its worst.

[Howlin]

Important announcement from the owner.

[FairOpinion]

To not even be able to use an excerpt, link to, or even mention particular articles from certain papers is totally ridiculous.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Just got a call from Fidel, he says that it's OK to post all the Granma International articles we want to post.

[socal_parrot]

I glanced around the site and saw that headline along with the down-right giddy article about Mexico beating the USA in soccer and the one demanding George Bush return Pancho Villa's skull (I didn't know he had it).

[Freedom2specul8]

This must be hugh and series! I got pinged about it 3 times! lol

[Howlin]

So did I..........LOL. I was out all day or I would have pinged you MORE!

[Chad Fairbanks]

Well, I suppose if these sites don't want the traffic (and thus the ad revenue) we generate, then screw 'em. I'll just add them to my ignore list. No sweat off my b.. err back...

[Freedom2specul8]

Check out this one too..

Sec. 107. - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include -

FR Has ALWAYS been about research, criticism and commentary. This is too weird.

[cyborg]

I would HONORED to have anything of mine critiqued on FR. Even if I was a lib, I wouldn't care. It's publicity. Some people can't take the heat!

[Boot Hill]

"...I didn't want to spend the rest of my live in depositions and court hearings..."

I can appreciate that, and it's not like sticking your finger into Justin Raimando's eye is going to advance any of your goals with your FreeRepublic website.

On the other hand, being subject to frivolous lawsuits is more a matter of being alive and breathing, rather than having actually committed any kind of civil wrong. In the end, each person has to decide for himself where to draw the line between threats of lawsuits and their own personal goals.

--Boot Hill

[Chad Fairbanks]

Apparently this also means that you can't buy a newspaper, and sit around a break room with your co-workers and read and discuss the articles, either.

I expect a crackdown on this obvious violation of Fair Use...

[Freedom2specul8]

Pings are good..they make us feel special. :)

Hey, I was going through withdrawals. Our cable was out all day!

[Freedom2specul8]

This is pretty bad.....they can report, but we can't discuss. OKAY...

There was a thread awhile ago, in which someone quoted a so called anti-freeper...who had written to a news website that had a poll on it. The gist of it was "dear website you have officially been freeped". They proceeded to explain why...and if I recall correctly, the website explained how the poll was tilted as a result.

I'm totally convinced that people that don't like FR write and complain to every single source used for discussion..hoping to get a negative reaction towards FR.

[Mudboy Slim]

"I didn't want to spend the rest of my live in depositions and court hearings, etc."

Fair enough...it really is ridiculous, though...I wouldda NEVER heard of any of these websites except fer FR.com and maybe Drudge...wonder if these folks deny Matt's readers access to their websites?!

FReegards...MUD

[potlatch]

[Mudboy Slim]

It is ridiculous...these folks have no business savvy whatsoever...they should want all the traffic they can muster, and if they can stir up a controversy on a FReeper thread, all the better!!

Dumbarses...MUD

[amom]

Thanks so much for the ping, Tonk. I could have easily screwed up without this list. I had no idea we'd gotten to so many. *grin*

[Victoria Delsoul]

Obviously, these sites know of the growing number of members FR has. FR is becoming one of the biggest political forums on the Internet, and these sites want to get some of FR's hits. Through all the years FR has been in circulation with the exception of LA and WP, they haven't complained. However, the number of sites wanting to get direct hits from freepers is growing.

[AgThorn]

Not so surprising on Sun Sentinel, being a Tribune property, same ownership as LA Times.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

We must be causing serious damage to their leftists campaigns.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Bookmarked......Totally Unfair!

[Coleus]

bttt

[Dajjal]

BTTT

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Ohfuhcryinoutloud...

[bellas_sister]

Did you see this?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Can we post links to articles covered by the second list?