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Originally posted by Calum:
(You probably read this already)
Dudes, take it easy!
I didn't mean to offend you, I just feel it's so stupid to post a link that is one click away.
If someone just posts the URL, it isn't bad to post the article. But if there's a *link*, it's just one click and you have the entire article. It's so senseless to copy the whole thing. That's what www is all about, sort off (linking web pages and such)
If someone posts a link to an article, I stop there and read the damn article, since that is what the post is about. If someone else copies the article after that, it's redundant, since you'd already read it.
Anyway, people need to read the artice, and there is no real difference if the Register or you post it. So *why* take the effort to copy it? It's not that it's hard to middle-click on that link.
The "I CAN'T BE ARSED TO READ ALL THIS SHIT" is pretty... odd. If you post the whole article, there is no difference between it and the link. So, if you want to be helpful, post a summary.
But do understand, it's not personal or anything - it's just that the whole trend of copying articles seems so useless. I do value your input in discusssions, as long if it is yours. if you copy the article and *then* post a reply, I wouldn't mind, since you might quote the artice, but you didn't.
And Linux user (nice name btw), copyright is an entire other discussion, with much arguments for and against from both sides in various degrees... that's not the scope of this discussion anyway. And I doubt the Register will even bother, but that was not my point anyway.