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**iodillalm** · 02-25-2012, 12:10 PM

....Please see the bottom line of my post. I have pasted the link to original article from where I posted it here.

Dear aramakrishnan1, yes, I did notice you had given a link to the site. But that is not enough. I wonder how many would have visited the site if you had not also cut and pasted the entire article, if even one person did not go, that is one less traffic count for that site.

I think the ethical thing to do (sorry for bringing ethics into this, but it is relevant) is to provide the link, and perhaps a small excerpt so that people who find the excerpt interesting can go to the site for more. IMO, giving a link at the end does not mitigate the error of cutting and pasting the entire article.

May be this is an issue that needs a ruling from the moderators, that will be beneficial to all of us.

Cheers!

02-25-2012, 12:10 PM	#21
iodillalm Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 566 Senior Member	....Please see the bottom line of my post. I have pasted the link to original article from where I posted it here. Dear aramakrishnan1, yes, I did notice you had given a link to the site. But that is not enough. I wonder how many would have visited the site if you had not also cut and pasted the entire article, if even one person did not go, that is one less traffic count for that site. I think the ethical thing to do (sorry for bringing ethics into this, but it is relevant) is to provide the link, and perhaps a small excerpt so that people who find the excerpt interesting can go to the site for more. IMO, giving a link at the end does not mitigate the error of cutting and pasting the entire article. May be this is an issue that needs a ruling from the moderators, that will be beneficial to all of us. Cheers!
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