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THUS, as I read that, an excerpt is at least possible for discussion, non commercial use, while reprinting the entire article is a violation of Reuters Copyright Notice.
And, besides, what's one click through? Hardly a big inconvenience...
And we are certainly not trying to steal the content and pass it off as our own. That is why links are required for every story posted here. Proper attribution is given.
As a practical matter, Free Republic will honor an exerpt-only request from a news source if they are so stinkin' afraid of us posting and commenting on their stories.
But the advantage of posting the whole article here is that links often expire, stories at the link may get edited from what initially appeared, or the story might become inaccessible in their archives.
Presumably you thought the story was important or you wouldn't have posted it. A large percentage of viewers will not click through, so anything you don't post here will never get seen.
My feeling is that if you aren't required to excerpt it per the FR list of excerpt only sites, and you do it anyway, you're signaling that the story isn't very important. Which also means you shouldn't have posted any of it.
Just my thoughts.