Nice write up about a kilt store in Missouri

[Monkey@Arms]

Thanks for bringing this article to our attention, but I must say, for a group of people who are forever being set off by alleged copyright violations when it comes to tartan, violating the copyrights of others doesn't set off many alarm bells.

Posting an entire article is not only bad form, it is a violation. Newspapers certainly appreciate being mentioned, and - in general - don't mind a short excerpt accompanied by a link. But posting someone else's work in it's entirety isn't right.

So you say. As you know doubt have noticed I always include the author, publication and a link. The problem with links is that they often go dead within a day or so. Very frustrating when people go back and try to read old post. Kind of defeats the purpose. How is posting here different then keeping a cache of the website, or a mirror copy?

Do you really think that the St. Charles Journal is losing revenue because someone on this worldwide board read the article on this forum? Its not as if they would have run out and bought copy of the paper, and no one is exploiting this intellectual property for commercial gain. (Which separate this posting from the practices you referred to.) I frankly have my hands full with the kilt police. I really don't need self-appointed members of the media police as well. I will hence forth neuter my postings.

Best regards,

Jake