[Defiant]

Fair use allows you to quote a little bit, too, but if the authorities that be only want us to link, that's what we should do.

[texasbluebell]

Fair use allows you to quote a little bit, too

Fair use allows up to 10% of the article. So we can paraphrase the gist of it, but we can also quote 10% if we want, I believe. I think that's the allowable limit, unless it's changed recently.

[Timesink]

Fair use allows you to quote a little bit, too, but if the authorities that be only want us to link, that's what we should do.

If by "authorities that be," you mean JimRob, fine. But if you mean Conde Nast or The Onion, they have no right to prevent us from even posting short excerpts of a few paragraphs or so (like what we usually post for Washington Post articles). The law on this point is unquestionable.

[AppyPappy]

Fair use allows you to quote a little bit, too,

Legally, no. It's up to the copyright holder to establish rules for their own property.