I certainly respect and agree with copyright law. I'm a national account manager for a global publisher selling to a global e-commerce retailer, and intelluctual content should be vigourously defended. But I also really like reading the news. I know there has been some issues with some of Doc's posting (news and other incidents) in the past, but I really like finding out some of the news FIRST here on FT. In reality, I can't skim every single news source on the web. Most of the news Doc posts is FT-related. Because, Doc has posted, for the most part descriptive headers, I can decide if I want to read it or not, much like PG suggested.

Copyright law may disagree, but in my own mind, I've always view Doc as the messenger, not the owner. I think he usually gives credit, especially with the links. I've seen this issue in the past couple years here on FT and all that I can say is that news is important.



[This message has been edited by jeffreyt (edited 03-01-2000).]