a question about questions

[Ovedya]

Whether this falls under free use or not is practically moot, since the works were plagiarized. We're talking about giving credit where credit is due here. Free use does not mean that works can be plaigerized! They must be cited properly!

Bottom line: I will not allow others' work to be plagiarized on this forum. You believe it constitutes free use? Fine. You're not a lawyer, and neither am I. I will not subject this ministry to potential lawsuits because of my interpretation of the law, or what I think constitutes free use.

Copied works will be properly cited or the thread will be pulled. End of story.

[his-servant-too]

Whether this falls under free use or not is practically moot, since the works were plagiarized.  We're talking about giving credit where credit is due here.  Free use does not mean that works can be plaigerized!  They must be cited properly!

Bottom line: I will not allow others' work to be plagiarized on this forum.  You believe it constitutes free use?  Fine.  You're not a lawyer, and neither am I.  I will not subject this ministry to potential lawsuits because of my interpretation of the law, or what I think constitutes free use.

Copied works will be properly cited or the thread will be pulled.  End of story. 

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A very narrow line isn't it

Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination.

Christopher Isherwood

[serotta]

H-S-T, I don't understand why you're arguing about this. If someone is going to use someone else's published words the source should be cited. Any legalities aside, I can't for the life of me believe that you think it's okay to pass someone else's published work off as your own thought.

[M45510G1C]

For your benefit:

http://www.eff.org/IP/

http://www.eff.org/IP/eff_fair_use_faq.php

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

[Ovedya]

Also read: http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism.html

[Artemus Prime]

Agreed with both Oved and Serotta here, obviously...

It takes two extra seconds to cite one's source(s). As many of you have no doubt noticed by now, in the past few days I've pulled a couple relevant quotes from G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy and have posted them in a couple of my thread posts. Do I attempt to pass it off as my own genius? Are you kidding me?... Title, ch., page #...not that hard to do, I promise...

As has already been stated, this shouldn't be that big a deal...either you cite your source properly, or it's canned...no stones from this corner...

AP

[his-servant-too]

Agreed with both Oved and Serotta here, obviously...

It takes two extra seconds to cite one's source(s).  As many of you have no doubt noticed by now, in the past few days I've pulled a couple relevant quotes from G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy and have posted them in a couple of my thread posts.  Do I attempt to pass it off as my own genius?  Are you kidding me?...   Title, ch., page #...not that hard to do, I promise...

As has already been stated, this shouldn't be that big a deal...either you cite your source properly, or it's canned...no stones from this corner...

AP

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Clop clop clop clop.

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

W.H. Auden

[Ovedya]

"He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors."

~Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)

[ayin jade]

"He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors."

~Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)

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I LOVE Kipling, my all time favorite author....after God of course lol.

Plain Tales from the Hills is my favorite of his books.

[Ovedya]

I need to get back to reading more of the more "pithy" authors.