Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 30, 2004 10:45 PM
That's what a lot of people seem to think. Quoting someone else writing (with proper attribution, of course) is fine, as is linking. But scalping wholesale chunks of someone else's content without permission is a whole different ball game.
Unfortunately, this happens all the time. Even print publications have been known to rip off Web sites -- a case in point, a U.K. tabloid used the list of "The Worst Sex Scenes Ever" from RetroCrush.com word for word, and without the site author's permission. And said tabloid used the "fair game" argument.
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If it's on the Web, it's fair game
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 30, 2004 10:45 PMUnfortunately, this happens all the time. Even print publications have been known to rip off Web sites -- a case in point, a U.K. tabloid used the list of "The Worst Sex Scenes Ever" from RetroCrush.com word for word, and without the site author's permission. And said tabloid used the "fair game" argument.
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