# I am sorry... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sorry/193257 "2003-08-06T02:39:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ladyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Ladyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ladyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sorry/193257/1 "2003-08-06T02:39:11Z")
I am sorry if I offended anyone! ``` 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!!** 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sorry/193257/2 "2003-08-06T03:11:32Z")
huh? Who’s giving you crap? Did I miss something? Did something happen where the local gang of Pit peasants have grabbed their pitchforks and torches? I’m lost as usual. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sorry/193257/3 "2003-08-06T03:13:42Z")
Say…what, now? ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sorry/193257/4 "2003-08-06T03:14:10Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sorry/193257/5 "2003-08-06T03:17:29Z")
Some links: [Mark You Calendars!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202270) [The Boob Poem](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201427) ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sorry/193257/6 "2003-08-06T03:55:27Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ladyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Ladyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ladyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sorry/193257/7 "2003-08-06T14:43:47Z")
Thank you for your patience. I meant no harm. I manage my own MSN group and am member to a few others and took those off of the message boards there. I never meant to get you all so riled up. Thank you for your patience and I will be more careful as to what I post here in the future,I want to make friends, not enemies! ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sorry/193257/8 "2003-08-06T14:59:48Z")
I have an extra flame retardant suit for you to borrow! ---
**Author:** ![sylphishone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@sylphishone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylphishone)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sorry/193257/9 "2003-08-06T21:11:51Z")
Hey, I did it once by accident too. I wouldn’t worry about it. Just don’t do it again.