I wondered about all those copyright threats and lawsuits and never before got the full story. Makes me more inclined than before to contribute money as well as words.
"On Sept. 12, 1997, however, the practice suddenly became controversial – at least for FreeRepublic.com."
This Leftist website not only published the "LAT vs Free Republic" decision, but it continues to post full-text articles from the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post to this day.
For some reason, LAT/WP aren't interested in Bush-hating websites. ;-)