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To: Sully- who wrote (33771)	3/10/2004 8:05:02 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793743

And the left likes to yack about the chilling effect of repression from the right. It is the right of the paper to make us stop posting the articles. Most papers don't care about people like us. The Chronicle does. What I want to know is what set it off.

To: Sully- who wrote (33771)	3/10/2004 8:08:01 PM
From: Tom C	Respond to of 793743

And the left likes to yack about the chilling effect of repression from the right. And conservatives talk about property, property rights and the rule of law. I guess you feel intellectual property rights and copyright laws don't count? Don't get me wrong, I like when the whole article is posted here, but I'm not going to whine about it if I get caught. I'm especially no going to suggest it's a free speech issue.

To: Sully- who wrote (33771)	3/10/2004 9:42:03 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793743

wstera, I may be in the minority in this opinion, but the Chronicle (and any publication) has the right to protect itself and its writers from being copied without permission. This is not repression in any way- from either right or left. To publish someone's material is an infringement of copyright law and has nothing at all to do with free speech. People earn their living with their words and when we "steal" them, it is the same as if we stole a tailor's custom suit, or a silversmith's goblet. This law is their only protection over their material and where and how it is used. SI rules have always been very clear on this and most of us have tended to ignore them. We may not agree, or like it, but it shouldn't be confused with some sort of partisan repression.