# Mild Pitting of Beck

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 12, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691 "2024-10-12T05:25:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/265 "2024-10-14T14:21:27Z")

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> [@Reorganized SDMB rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reorganized-sdmb-rules/968857/1):
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> > [@Reorganized SDMB rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reorganized-sdmb-rules/968857/1):
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> > **Private messages.** Private messages are subject to the same rules as the SDMB. There is no guarantee of privacy in these messages. You assume the risk that any PM you send may be made public by the recipient.
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> This is true of not only SDMB PMs but any private communication with any other person on the planet who isn’t your lawyer, doctor or priest.

Although it should noted that there are still plagiarism and copyright considerations. Claiming something sent to you as being created by you is obviously unethical. Private communications are automatically protected by copyright, so we shouldn’t be reposting the entirety of someone else’s work. Fair use, especially for critique or satire can allow for a lot, though.

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