On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:34:57 +0100, John Mullen wrote:
"Alan Lothian" wrote in message
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In article , John
Mullen wrote:

Richard Bernstein, NYT
Reprinted in the International Herald Tribune.

U.S. is losing the sympathy of the world

snip of loads of stuff distributed around the Net in gross breach of
copyright

Having had a look at the Copyright notices of both publications, it seems
you are (technically) right here. Morally, I would contend that crediting
online sources you have lifted text from for a non-profit purpose such as
this, is sufficient. Certainly it's a very common practice.

This is true of lots of antisocial activities.

After all,
anybody who wants to can read it online in the original.

I disagree. Posting a paragraph or precis and refering to the whole
article is acceptable. Shoveling entire articles into discussion
groups is not.


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