Posting guidelines - bringing back to board

I am bringing a topic back to the board, which I previously had deleted.  I was wrong in deleting this message and my apologies to the OP of the post. 

This does indeed have everything to do with politics and I'd like to thank you for bringing that to my attention.  I do make mistakes, and this is one that I should have left as is, so I will copy here what the message had originally said.  If I've missed anything and you would like to add to it please do so. Your opinion if very much valued here.

Again, my apologies to the OP of that thread. - Moderator

POST SUBJECT: bringing this post to the top so it won't get lost in the mix. posted on: 2013-05-02

In answer to ‘sm’ who stated: I dislike people who only post part of their “source’s” and goes on to say, “It's selective and designed to present a different perspective from ALL of the truth.

Either post the ENTIRE quote or don't post it at all. 

This particular poster does things like that a whole lot, and I always dislike her posts for that reason. “

And I answered COPYRIGHT LAW and explained a little, which earned me another ‘dislike’ but this is the law on copyrights for those that don’t want to, or don’t have the time to, research it themselves.  

The law has not changed according to my patent/trademark/copyright attorney that I had worked for the past 25 years….and to clear the matter up on whether I am/was an MT, yes. I had 15 years as an MT for hospitals and clinics, along with working for this attorney transcribing his patent applications, objections, queries, replies, filing out and filing forms for patents, trademarks and copyrights, etc. (just so some posters don’t start hammering me on my background stating I’m not an MT). Have a nice day.

How much of someone else's work can I use without getting permission?

Under the fair use doctrine of the U.S. copyright statute, it is permissible to use limited portions of a work including quotes, for purposes such as commentary, criticism, news reporting, and scholarly reports. There are no legal rules permitting the use of a specific number of words, a certain number of musical notes, or percentage of a work. Whether a particular use qualifies as fair use depends on all the circumstances. See FL 102, Fair Use, and Circular 21, Reproductions of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians.

Fair Use: The distinction between what is fair use and what is infringement in a particular case will not always be clear or easily defined. There is no specific number of words, lines, or notes that may safely be taken without permission. Acknowledging the source of the copyrighted material does not substitute for obtaining permission.

Report of the Register of Copyrights on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law cites examples of activities that courts have regarded as fair use: “quotation of excerpts in a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment; quotation of short passages in a scholarly or technical work, for illustration or clarification of the author’s observations; use in a parody of some of the content of the work parodied; summary of an address or article, with brief quotations, in a news report; . . .

Report of the Register of Copyrights on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law cites examples of activities that courts have regarded as fair use: “quotation of excerpts in a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment; quotation of short passages in a scholarly or technical work, for illustration or clarification of the author’s observations; use in a parody of some of the content of the work parodied; summary of an address or article, with brief quotations, in a news report;

When I was able to research my ancestry at libraries, the rule was you couldn’t copy more than 10% of any book because of its copyright. It would be considered infringement. I don’t think that has not changed, either.

So, as I said before… Would you like MTStars to be sued? I don't. You CAN'T post a full article WITHOUT THE WRITER'S PERMISSION, whether you like it or not.

MTStars posting guidelines used to have a full paragraph on copyright but I didn’t find it – but I did find this: Use URLs (links to Internet sites) with a summary of the information you are trying to share. (my emphasis)