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[DonaldW]

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[doncoulter]

DonaldW wrote, "What would be the qualification of plagiarism here? If we get to the deepest of semantics, must not each one of us call the author of a piece and get the express permission to re-publish part of the article online, here or otherwise?"

No, Donald, that would not be the case. As to your first question, I urge you once again to check out the link about plagiarism that admin posted earlier. As to your second question, "express permission to re-publish" is not required here or anywhere else--neither by the law nor by generally accepted ethics. There is a principle in copyright law called "fair use." To put it simply, one may quote brief excerpts of published work without seeking permission from its creator or owner, provided that one gives proper attribution.

[DonaldW]

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[DonaldW]

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[admin]

DonaldW writes,"...What's the issue here then? This all appears as time ill-spent" Think of it this way: up until today it was essentially a dead thread - it had its 15 minutes of fame over a month ago and then everything went quiet -quite silent until this tempest began blowing.

[DonaldW]

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