# OPs comprised of 3rd Party Essays

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ops-comprised-of-3rd-party-essays/142421>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 13, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ops-comprised-of-3rd-party-essays/142421 "2002-12-13T04:01:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ops-comprised-of-3rd-party-essays/142421/21 "2002-12-14T21:14:27Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Logical Phallacy \*  
> no one violated any copyright laws here.

If the post you linked to in you OP of this thread originally reproduced the entire essay (or a substantial portion of it), then you _did_ violate copyright law. Unless you got permission from the author/copyright holder of that essay beforehand.

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ops-comprised-of-3rd-party-essays/142421/22 "2002-12-14T22:06:54Z")

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**Logical Phallacy** , how’s this for a reason:  
If you cannot take the time to comment on the essay, why should you expect anyone else to do so?

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ops-comprised-of-3rd-party-essays/142421/23 "2002-12-14T22:42:43Z")

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Yeah, considerations of copyright aside, it’s hard to have a Great Debate with you when you haven’t expressed any opinion. GD OPs that consist of nothing more than a link to an article are boring–what’s the point? Where is the OP coming from, what’s his slant? It’s unknown, so we read the OP, shrug, and hit the Back button.

Let this be a learning experience for you–suck it up, and move on.

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ops-comprised-of-3rd-party-essays/142421/24 "2002-12-15T02:38:32Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Kat \*  
> If the post you linked to in you OP of this thread originally reproduced the entire essay (or a substantial portion of it), then you _did_ violate copyright law. Unless you got permission from the author/copyright holder of that essay beforehand.

The OP of the thread _did_ originally include the entire essay, until I edited it to delete the copyrighted material and include a link.

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