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Originally Posted by simtom
[...] some people obviously didn't undestand about why the don't quote things rule is there, it's to stop people copying other people's stuff.... but i left a link so only an idiot would think that i had written all that stuff myself.
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You don't seem to undestand the "don't quote things" rule. You copied the entire article into this forum. Copyright gives the owners of those words the
right to control how a
copy is used. You should not copy so much of their work -- even if you give attribution so we know you aren't claiming they are yours -- without their permission.
For instance, the creator (or whoever was licensed to publish it) may receive advertising revenue based upon how many human eyeballs view their site's page. If you reproduce their effort elsewhere, you deprive them of their just reward. Before you copy something beyond "fair use", get the permission to do so.