It doesn't matter when the last time a suit of this nature happened. The publisher paid the author so that the publisher could put it on a web site and put some advertisements on it. No matter how you feel about patents, copyrights and fair use, you have denied the publisher and ultimately the author from compensation for their work. By providing just a link, or a link and an excerpt of the part you find poignant then you still allow them their due. They made an article interesting enough for you to forward to the list, they should enjoy the spoils of whatever revenue they can generate from it.
At 03:59 AM 2/1/2005 -0800, you wrote:
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 12:41 am, Neil Schneider wrote: > Lief Hendrickson said: > > Business Week Online > > > > JANUARY 31, 2005 > > > > COVER STORY > > > > Linux Inc. > > Please don't post complete articles to the lists. This is a copyright > violation and could cause all of us grief. Excerpts are ok, at least > under my understanding of "fair use", with a URL for anyone interested > in reading the full article. KPLUG can't afford to be sued for > copyright violation, and unless you're incredibly rich, you probably > can't either.
Just as a practical question. When was the last time such a suit happened? Please cite an example.
I think this concern absurd. I refuse to allow my life to be governed by such fears.
> It's a great article, and I enjoyed reading it, and do appreciate you > posting it, we just want to avoid legal repurcussions.
I gotta wonder about people so fearful. How do you ever manage to drive on the freeway?
boblq "SLB"
PS. I have an alternative defense. I am incredibly poor ;)
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