I was just posting some interesting things on the board that I found on the internet, I NEVER tryed to pass them off as being mine, **"NEVER WOULD I DO THIS"\** !
You needn't gang up on me, I didn't think that I was doing anything wrong by posting some things that I thought were interesting or funny.
I appologize to whomever thought I meant anything other than friendship.
AND I NEVER CLAIMED TO BE THE AUTHOR OF ANY OF IT! I don’t know where you got that!!
Appology accepted as far as I’m concerned, Ladyrose. I read some of the threads in question, and it seemed to me that you just weren’t aware of the policy. Typically, you shouldn’t post anything copy righted in its complete form (song lyrics, poetry, articles, etc.) to the board. Include a link to the material instead, or only post the relevant information with credit given to the author. (While you didn’t pass anything off as yours, in the threads I saw you didn’t acredit anyone else with having written it either. This is where people got confused, I believe).
You’re new here and making a mistake like that is understandable. Turbo Dog, I’ll track down some links for you.
Since I got my wrist slapped today for posting a copyrighted on-line publication, I’ll chime in –
Always give credit to the author, and don’t publish more than 5% of the content of copyrighted material. UncleBeer explained the rules to me in a very nice message after I e-mailed him expressing my concern at being told I was breaking the rules.
Also, Ladyrose: there was absolutely NO way to tell that your Mars post was lifted from another website; for this reason, the thread was closed. But, thank you for reminding us to check out the skies in late August! I’ll be dragging the telescope out to the front yard.
I read some of the threads in question, and it seemed to me that you just weren’t aware of the policy. Typically, you shouldn’t post anything copy righted in its complete form (song lyrics, poetry, articles, etc.) to the board. Include a link to the material instead, or only post the relevant information with credit given to the author. (While you didn’t pass anything off as yours, in the threads I saw you didn’t acredit anyone else with having written it either. This is where people got confused, I believe).