Rules Copyright Rules

Copyright infringement is a serious legal matter.

No more than 10% of an article may be copied and a link to the source must be provided to give credit to the author.

Posts that copy more than 10% will be modsnipped of all quoted material with only the link remaining. Posts without a link will be removed entirely.

If you copy an image from another site, you must provide a link to the original source or the picture will be removed.

Do not cut and paste information from pay sites or password protected sites.

PAYWALLED ARTICLES:

Members may link to a paywalled article so that others who wish to pay for the article can read it. However, even if they have paid for it, members can not screenshot/copy/paste, or quote directly any content within the article. It is not only a violation of Websleuths TOS (aka The Rules), it is a violation of copyright law.

Members may very briefly paraphrase (in their own words) what the article is about or they can copy the Google hit summary to give an idea of what the article contains in the event people wish to pay for the article.

"Gifting" of paywalled articles is not allowed. The qualifying word is "paywalled". If an MSM or other source allows its subscribing members to share a gift article with a few of their friends, they do not mean you can post it on a website where thousands and thousands of potential paying subscribers can read it for free.