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Can we not post articles at all from these publications, or can we only include just a short excerpt and link from the sources you named?

As I understand it (and I havn't seen it)the consent decree says "FULL".

And while I don't think Jim and the moderators will like it (sorry Jim) that means the total article LESS ONE WORD.

But being a loyal FReeper, and since it ain't my money on the line...I'm gonna do what Jim tells me :-)

They originally wanted to allow us to use the title only. Then they relented to title and one sentence. In the final agreement it ended up that we must stay within the "meaning" of the fair use section of the copyright act. Well, court cases have been won and lost over uses ranging from a single quote to full text use. Depends on a lot of factors, not to mention the individual judge's bias (and the phase of the moon). Oh, well. I believe that under fair use, we should probably have no copyright problems if we limit ourselves to a very brief excerpt such as a lead-in or say the first paragraph. Anymore than that and we'll probably hear complaints and threats.