# Quoting without permission **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 10, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-without-permission/560165 "2010-11-10T13:07:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-without-permission/560165/1 "2010-11-10T13:07:56Z")
In [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13121151&postcount=14) **Miller** said: > [@](#): > > Additionally, please note that per the user registration agreement you signed when you became a member here, you retain rights only to your own posts. Reproduction of any other person’s posts without permission is a violation of copyright law, and will be dealt with accordingly. I don’t understand this. I have just quoted you. I haven’t asked your permission, so am I violating the rule? The registration agreement says: _All postings and other material on the SDMB are copyrighted by CLM. Republication of material appearing on the SDMB without express written permission of CLM is prohibited, except that users retain the right to republish their own work. By posting on this board you grant CLM and its successors and assigns a nonexclusive irrevocable right to reuse your posting in any manner it or they see fit without notice or compensation to you._ If I’ve read this correctly, it seems to infer that you can’t quote posts outside the SD. Is that what \*\*Miller \*\* was referring to? I can’t see where that has happened. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-without-permission/560165/2 "2010-11-10T13:13:43Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > I don’t understand this. I have just quoted you. I haven’t asked your permission, so am I violating the rule? **Miller** was talking about using quotes from SDMB posters in other places, like your own website or a book. > [@](#): > > If I’ve read this correctly, it seems to infer that you can’t quote posts outside the SD. Is that what \*\*Miller \*\* was referring to? I can’t see where that has happened. He was responding to this: > [@Bullies and Psychological Projection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullies-and-psychological-projection/560018/1): > > I’ll be back when I’m ready to use the original thread on my websites (and whatever replies appear here, of course). ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-without-permission/560165/3 "2010-11-10T13:39:52Z")
OK. Thank you.