Brooks speaks!

by the420bucsfan on Mar 10, 2009 5:12 PM EDT Comment 13 comments

NEWS! Brooks won’t retire, is open to returning to Tampa Bay

Hopefully he joins us for one more year ! he shows how bad he wants to play by saying he'll be part of a rebuilding team.

Click here to read the entire article posted on NFL.com about Derrick Brooks announcing he is not ready to retire from football and would consider returning to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers if they gave him an offer.

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…do NOT copy and paste entire articles. There are copyright issues with doing so. I am editing the post and linking to the original article.

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by The Bull Gator on Mar 10, 2009 5:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

so do you get the monthly RIAA and MPAA newsletters as well?

by ghosthippo on Mar 10, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't be like that...

Cannons... fire them.

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by Craig T on Mar 10, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No...

…because I don’t have anything to do with either industry, but thanks for the attempt at humor.

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by The Bull Gator on Mar 10, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I believe its called sarcasm

A properly quoted article with credit given to the author/owner for non-commercial/non-profit use falls under the U.S Fair Use copyright laws. Not that I got to see how it was posted originally, considering it was edited and linked before I got a chance to read it., I’m simply assuming it was posted correctly

I understand that you wish to play it safe and not stray into any gray area concerning copyright laws, as its an ugly minefield to play in these days, but I see no reason to bring down the e-gavel when its posted correctly with full credit given to the original site/author/owner.

by ghosthippo on Mar 10, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know how it was posted,

but we’ve proposed rules on this site. Take it or leave it.

Cannons... fire them.

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by Craig T on Mar 10, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Then say its site rules and not copyright infringement

the last time I checked, theres a difference.

by ghosthippo on Mar 10, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not going to get into a pissing match.

Follow our site rules. Don’t copy and paste entire articles. End of story.

Cannons... fire them.

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by Craig T on Mar 10, 2009 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well there you go...

I wasn’t expecting a pissing match, a simple clarification was all. I have no problem following site rules, and had it been stated from the beginning of this that that is what the problem was, I never would have bothered chiming in at all.

My apologies if I came off like a e-dick, that was not my intended purpose.

by ghosthippo on Mar 10, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

From my perspective, that rule was included

so that people, linking a site or not, don’t post anything that risks a copyright infringement issue. Pasting articles without linking anything (and offering no personal commentary, which is what fanposts are for in the first place) are things we’ve had to recently address and remedy. A prohibition on cutting and pasting eliminates this issue without having to apply and decipher the copyright laws. So it’s not accurate to say our site rules are different from copyright infringement.

That said, I can appreciate you wanting an understanding. That’s where I’m coming from.

Cannons... fire them.

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by Craig T on Mar 10, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I understand the rule...

and I agree with it, as being a private board, rules on the board, as well as those laid down by the parent hosting company should be followed as closely as possible. My only real problem was the presumption that a quoted article was an inherit infringement of copyright laws, when that isn’t necessarily true, and in many cases ‘interpretations’ of copyright law are often draconian in nature (thus the sarcastic RIAA/MPAA comment).

That being said, its all good, and we have an understanding =D

by ghosthippo on Mar 11, 2009 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Glad we do, sire.

Rock on.

Cannons... fire them.

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by Craig T on Mar 11, 2009 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Glad this was all cleared up and we can move on...

…basically what I was getting at is there’s a difference between quoting an article and providing proper credit and just pasting the entire content of the article. Even if you put where it’s from and who wrote it, there’s no need to paste an entire article. Just provide a link and we don’t even have to get as far as discussing issues. I wasn’t stating it was a clear violation of copyright laws. I was just stating there are copyright issues we’d rather not even approach so let’s do our best to avoid it all together.

Anyway, glad this has all been cleared up and we can all move on amicably.

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by The Bull Gator on Mar 11, 2009 8:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs