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Originally Posted by Rick
I believe all posts on this forum are considered as copyrighted by their individual authors . Permission from each author of a post may need to be secured .
Hopefully Mark or Andrew can address this in more detail .
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First, this is me saying this as an individual, not as a representative of this forum or its Staff.
It is correct that ownership of the copyright is with the poster/writer. Period. In most cases permission is required for use. On the other hand, there is something called "fair use," which does not require permission, but should include attribution of the source. Plus, its plagarism to try and pass off others' words as your own (an academic no-no, to be sure).
Bottom line -- no one is likely to get sued over it, but in my personal opinion its a pretty uncool thing to do on these kinds of forums.
Now, putting my Moderator hat back on ... let's leave the copyright discussion right here and not start a debate, or heaven forbid a flame war, over the issue (either generally or with regard to this specific case).
Mark