Quote: (11-17-2014 12:06 AM)trian1 Wrote:
Quote: (11-16-2014 02:23 PM)NomadofEU Wrote:
Quote: (11-16-2014 02:04 PM)tarquin Wrote:
Even though this may sound like a good idea, it is outside the bounds of "fair use" and is a copyright infringement. Let's not give the SJW establishment any sort of legal recourse for anything, ever.
that doesn't apply here since we're not using it for commercial use.
You are incorrect. It does not have to be commercial use to be a copyright violation. The original comment is correct. Wholesale copying is a violation of fair use, illegal and makes a hosting site legally liable for potential lost revenue.
This also applies to copying full text and pasting. Just because it is easy to steal content does not make it legal.
This is true for verbatim reproductions of the whole text.
Criticism and commentary are generally protected under fair use doctrine, and transformative reproductions (ie, cut and paste sections of the article interspersed with one's own commentary) are considered fair use.