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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I am not a copyright lawyer, but am reliably informed that "fair use" doesn't include reproducing all of an article.
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... at least not reproducing it here, yes.
It would be hard to fit the square peg of "fair use(s)" of educational uses, etc., with the round hole of an internet chat board such as this.
The practical viability use of this (extensively or completely quoting articles) will turn on the publication's outlook on things. I'm sure that a number of free sites, who want their words disseminated wildly, would be tickled to see their articles reproduced here, even if they could otherwise choose to exercise their copyright rights and cause problems.
Those who do complain, I'd suspect, are driven by economic incentives. If they are charging for access to the article, and someone reproduces it for free here, I could understand their irritation.
In the absence of knowing (or gambling) about it, linking is certainly the safer route.
in case it's not clear, Gattigap is responding to an earlier version of my post that I then changed -- T.S.
