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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
That entire post is a copy paste of some copyrighted article from some publication somewhere. Please cite your source, or ask the author's permission to repost it without citing the source.
While this forum doesn't seem to ever care about copyright law, the terms of service for using vBulletin (which is the platform this forum is on) do care.
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Thanks.....used to be on this forum that copy and paste with no link got deleted pretty quickly
Is it Legal to Copy Content from a Website? - FindLaw
It erases all context, which is many times the posters thought when doing it.
"News stories, photos, and other online content often show up in multiple places, and sometimes it's difficult to determine where the content originated. At first glance, it may seem as if it's perfectly legal to copy content from a website. But is it? The short answer to this question is "no," unless you've obtained the author's permission."