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[Joey Stewart]

You know how people will often try and 'win' an arguement by posting a link to another site which may or may not contain the information which they themselves are too lazy to relay to you? Well I think that this sort of behavior should be stopped and henceforth anybody wanting to quote infomation from an 'outside' site should have to copy and past the text into the forums - its for all our safety really, as sooner or later you will get hit by spammers who try and trick you into going to some sort of dodgy site.

[Carl Hibbard]

You know how people will often try and 'win' an arguement by posting a link to another site which may or may not contain the information which they themselves are too lazy to relay to you? Well I think that this sort of behavior should be stopped and henceforth anybody wanting to quote infomation from an 'outside' site should have to copy and past the text into the forums - its for all our safety really, as sooner or later you will get hit by spammers who try and trick you into going to some sort of dodgy site.

I don't agree with this one at all but yes forum members should take care with any external URL which is being linked to from here

Please inform me ASAP or use the red exclamation button to report any external link that either needs checking or removing from this forum

[David Sedgwick]

........anybody wanting to quote infomation from an 'outside' site should have to copy and past the text into the forums

You should be very cautious about doing this. There are copyright issues.

[Joey Stewart]

I think it is ok as long as you are not trying to pass it off as your own work - a simple acknowledgement that it is quoted from their sources will nullify any attempt at a lawsuit.

[Kevin Thurlow]

"I think it is ok as long as you are not trying to pass it off as your own work - a simple acknowledgement that it is quoted from their sources will nullify any attempt at a lawsuit".

I consulted an expert on copyright who said,

"No it isn't (this confuses plagiarism and copyright). For instance, if that were true, there would be nothing to stop me printing my own copies of Harry Potter, provided that I mention the name of the author.

From the viewpoint of the publisher of the linked article, if you paste the contents of an article on the list, then the publisher loses exposure of any advertising that may be carried on the page."

[John Upham]

I am sure Tim Berners-Lee would enjoy (not) this silly thread.