[Jim Robinson]

You can quote it. And you can quote as much of it as you need to make your point. But it depends on how you're using it. You can't use it for commercial purposes. And the copyright holder can challenge you at any time. And if he takes you to court and convinces the judge that your use of his copyrighted material is not a fair use, you lose.

[Chad Fairbanks]

True enough - however, I would have to wonder at the mentality of a judge who could agree that some guy on the internet discussing a news article with others is a commercial use. I certainly don't make any money off it, and I don't have any 'commercial interest' in discussing news with my friends... :0)

Don't get me wrong - I'm certainly not advocating the violation of anyone's copyright - especially on FR where I don't make the rules and anything I do wrong reflects on you and FR... I'm just trying to be clear on how everything works :0)