# Quoting without permission

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**Created:** [November 10, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-without-permission/560165 "2010-11-10T13:07:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-without-permission/560165/2 "2010-11-10T13:13:43Z")

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> [@NineToTheSky](#):
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> 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.

> [@](#):
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> 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):
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> I’ll be back when I’m ready to use the original thread on my websites (and whatever replies appear here, of course).

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