FYI: Copying news/articles from websites

Gizzmoe · 09-21-06, 08:12 PM

Hi! Please don´t copy/paste entire articles from websites, that´s almost always a copyright violation (check the "Terms of Service" of the website or the copyright notice). Only post the link to the article. It´s ok to quote a few lines from a copyrighted text, a short free article (less than one page) can be posted in its entirety. Please always provide the original link and always wrap quoted text in Quote tags or use Italics. Thanks!

Gizzmoe · 03-03-07, 02:35 AM

Bump.

STEED · 03-03-07, 05:42 AM

Don't look at me

I got the message a long time ago

geetrue · 03-03-07, 08:42 AM

I use to do that, but now I've been Gizzed ...

Kapitan_Phillips · 03-03-07, 11:25 AM

So let it be written, so let it be condensed-and-summarised-into-manageable-and-legal-chunks

:hmm: Doesnt have quite the same ring to it..

Letum · 03-03-07, 12:14 PM

We need a Forum rules sticky with this in.

Sailor Steve · 03-03-07, 12:21 PM

Plus when people see what looks like an incredibly long post they tend not to read it anyway.

kiwi_2005 · 03-03-07, 01:02 PM

Gizzome i presume u would PM the culprit who unknownly make the mistake? Cause im wondering if the vista image i put up on the vista thread is what your going on about?

But i got no PM so it must be ok:hmm:

Now im getting paraniod, i dont need this man

Letum · 03-03-07, 02:06 PM

Are you a B3tard Kiwi?

kiwi_2005 · 03-03-07, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Letum

Are you a B3tard Kiwi?

Yes.

And thankyou.

Gizzmoe · 03-03-07, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Gizzome i presume u would PM the culprit who unknownly make the mistake?

Yup, newbs I contact via PM, but recently a forum veteran knowingly made that mistake twice, so I bumped this ancient thread to remind everyone of that rule.

Quote:

Cause im wondering if the vista image i put up on the vista thread is what your going on about?

No.

Quote:

Now im getting paraniod, i dont need this man

Gizzmoe · 03-03-07, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Letum

We need a Forum rules sticky with this in.

We don´t have a non-verbose list of forum rules yet that could be posted in a sticky. I had made such a list a while ago, but Neal hasn´t approved it yet.

09-21-06, 08:12 PM	#1
Gizzmoe Silent Hunter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 3,668 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	FYI: Copying news/articles from websites Hi! Please don´t copy/paste entire articles from websites, that´s almost always a copyright violation (check the "Terms of Service" of the website or the copyright notice). Only post the link to the article. It´s ok to quote a few lines from a copyrighted text, a short free article (less than one page) can be posted in its entirety. Please always provide the original link and always wrap quoted text in Quote tags or use Italics. Thanks! Last edited by Gizzmoe; 03-03-07 at 04:23 AM.

03-03-07, 05:42 AM	#3
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Don't look at me I got the message a long time ago __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

03-03-07, 08:42 AM	#4
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I use to do that, but now I've been Gizzed ... __________________

03-03-07, 11:25 AM	#5
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	So let it be written, so let it be condensed-and-summarised-into-manageable-and-legal-chunks :hmm: Doesnt have quite the same ring to it.. __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

03-03-07, 12:14 PM	#6
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	We need a Forum rules sticky with this in. __________________

03-03-07, 02:35 AM	#2
Gizzmoe Silent Hunter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 3,668 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Bump.

03-03-07, 12:21 PM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Plus when people see what looks like an incredibly long post they tend not to read it anyway. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-03-07, 01:02 PM	#8
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Gizzome i presume u would PM the culprit who unknownly make the mistake? Cause im wondering if the vista image i put up on the vista thread is what your going on about? But i got no PM so it must be ok:hmm: Now im getting paraniod, i dont need this man __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

03-03-07, 02:06 PM	#9
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Are you a B3tard Kiwi? __________________