New people, please be aware of the 4 paragraph excerpting rule of copyrighted material....

[steve2470]

Copyright violations - Excerpt exceeds 4 paragraphs, or does not have a link to the source.

from: http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Skinner/363

Also here:

Don't willfully and habitually infringe on others' copyrights.

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice


If you have questions, please direct them to Skinner in the Ask the Administrators forum.

Trying to help!

Steve

[TexasTowelie]

1. Thanks for the reminder.

Occasionally I will post a fifth paragraph if it provides key information so that the OP is construed with the proper context or if the paragraphs are short (one sentence). The fair use guidelines that I've previously reviewed indicates that there is no specific requirement about four paragraphs; however, if someone wants more than be summarized then they should click the link.

[steve2470]

2. I'm the same way

I don't think Skinner's going to get any grief for an extra "sentence paragraph".