Ever wonder how much trouble FR has with copyright infringement ...

[GregW]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1111944/posts

MORANS!

[applegrove]

1. It is hard to be an important site if nobody will link to you. Then Google

ignores you.

Unfortunately the current freepers have bookmarked the site - showing us all the downfall of the internet - no law against bad information.

[CatholicEdHead]

2. Big list

surpised they can post anything anymore.

[Dissent Is Patriotic]

3. Holy Sh*t! I feel backlash...and I feel

it affecting all bloggers, not just the one's that abuse the rules.

[rinsd]

4. You do realize that DU has similar rules (nt)

[CatWoman]

9. similar rules because we want to stay within the law

you're mixing apples and oranges,

[da_chimperor]

5. WTF? The Onion!?

'These publishers have asked us not to allow any material at all to be posted to FR:'

* altpressonline.com
* americanpolitics.com
* antiwar.com
* bloomberg.com
* eweek.com
* extremetech.com
* gq.com
* independent.co.uk
* newyorker.com
* pcmag.com
* prevention.com
* studlife.com
* theonion.com
* thetowntalk.com
* universitystar.com
* vanityfair.com
* wired.com

HAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!!!

[mattclearing]

6. Damn liberal media trying to hold them back.

That means that reps from each of those came after them?

[Anakin Skywalker]

7. Yet Another Reason to Whine

for these Freeptards. "conservatives are victims of persecution now! Boo hoo hoo!"

[Nimrod]

8. Even I don't get this one

I understand about the copyright violation thing, but no information at all, even a link? Does anybody have any idea what brought this on? Is it bloggers in general (FR isn't a blog, but even other bloggers can't seem to tell the difference) or has word of their open advocation of violence finally gotten out?

(I DO find it amusing that the Onion is on the list).

[sakabatou]

13. Instead of posting jus sections of an article

FR would post the whole damn thing.

[Nimrod]

16. Ah, okey dokey

Danke'

[charlie]

17. They STILL do it

If you run into a topical article tucked behind a pay-per-view sign in, check FR, real often some idiot will have dumped it there.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. They were found guilty of copyright infringement

The Los Angeles Times and Washington Post won a case against them.

[Roland99]

11. Ouch! They seem rather hated, eh?

These publishers have asked us not to allow any material at all to be posted to FR:

altpressonline.com
americanpolitics.com
antiwar.com
bloomberg.com
eweek.com
extremetech.com
gq.com
independent.co.uk
newyorker.com
pcmag.com
prevention.com
studlife.com
theonion.com
thetowntalk.com
universitystar.com
vanityfair.com
wired.com
05/06/04 -

Received another letter from Gannett Publications, publisher of USAToday, and several other newspapers. Due to contractual arrangements they have with third-party content providers, they have denied our request to allow posting of excerpts. They will only allow the posting of titles and links.

Please do not post full text or even excerpts from the following Gannett Web sites:




LOL!!

[WarrenL]

12. Ok am I missing the inside joke?

I must be missing some kind of inside joke on here. Moran is not how moron is spelled...this is really starting to bug me seeing this misspelled all the time! :P

1 entry found for moran.

moran, KS (city, FIPS 48125)
Location: 37.91613 N, 95.17046 W
Population (1990): 551 (258 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 66755
moran, MI
Zip code(s): 49760
moran, TX (city, FIPS 49320)
Location: 32.54678 N, 99.16560 W
Population (1990): 285 (150 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 76464
moran, WY
Zip code(s): 83013

7 entries found for moron.
mo·ron n.

1. A stupid person; a dolt.
2. Psychology. A person of mild mental retardation having a mental age of from 7 to 12 years and generally having communication and social skills enabling some degree of academic or vocational education. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.

[charlie]

15. Click the link

http://images.google.com/images?q=morans&num=20&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&safe=off&sa=N&tab=wi

[oneighty]

19. It is not exactly

an inside joke. As a matter of fact it is based on an actual happening concerning one-a-them-there morans.

Hang in there, I am sure someone will tell you and show you why and how 'moran'came to be. It is not pretty!

180

[greenmutha]

20. Hi WarrenL - Welcome to DU! Here is the inside joke:

[WarrenL]

23. ROFL!

OMG, I swear, the ignorance of people never ceases to amaze me. People like this just need a whole lot more help than any one of us can provide...

Thank you for the welcome and the explanation!

[greenmutha]

24. You are so very welcome!

It's good to see more people climbing aboard the truth train! :toast:

[Career Prole]

14. Ohhhh, the pain...the pain!!

To: Jim Robinson

Have you responded in kind -- telling these bozoes that they are not to make any use of anything they see on FR?

21 posted on 04/05/2004 4:04:11 PM PDT by Ed_in_NJ

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!

Hey Ed...stick yer hand in a bucket of water then pull it out as fast as you can. See that hole you left? :eyes:

[greenmutha]

18. ROFLMFAO! That is TOO funny! n/t

[Career Prole]

22. If I want to write a treatise on common grammatical and spelling errors

I won't be able to quote FR?
Damn you, Freeper Ed!
There goes that moneymaker, then! :evilgrin:

[Just Me]

21. YET, THEY ARE LISTED ON CSPAN!!!! THAT PISSES ME OFF!!!

WTF?

WHY ARE THEY GETTING A "FREE PASS" EVEN ON CSPAN? :mad: