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We have adopted a policy of treating
all published material as if it was copyrighted regardless of its actual legal copyright status. This includes articles, images, other media and all content provided by AI systems such as ChatGPT. Under this rule content may be posted within the doctrine of "fair use" (see:
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyrigh...pter9/9-a.html) - the quoting of brief portions of articles, books, emails, or bulletin board messages, relevant to discussion, is permitted. All quoted material should be credited to the original author or publisher which also includes identifying content provided by AI systems and a link provided (when available) to the original work. It is not possible to declare precisely how much material may be quoted, as it will vary from article to article. We suggest quoting no more than a paragraph. Images and photographs are more problematic in that usually the entire image will be subject to copyright however if they are used as part of, or to make substantial criticism they may be used. But please be aware that such images may still be removed, especially if they contain a copyright notice in the image.
Legal issues arising from copyright are not the only reason for this rule. It is also intended to prevent the disruption that can be caused in a thread by having large tracts of text or many pictures pasted in, and to prevent the Forum from being treated as a personal blog or website. If material is available elsewhere online, it is preferable to restrict yourself to links and short quotes rather than copying and pasting everything, even if you have permission to do so.
Some material, such as jokes, may technically be copyright. However, posting of such will usually be allowed given that variations will likely exist in thousands of emails and websites anyway, and determining ownership would be impossible.
Authors of copyrighted material may post their own work, provided they hold publishing rights to the material.
Should legal issues arise, further action may be taken in addition to that covered by this rule.
Edited 3rd March 2023 to add in AI generated content