Moderator comment
The link to the document available on another site has been restored.
Our current policy on links to other sites which may display copyrighted material is briefly summarized:
The Cove does not set itself up as "thought police" and we do not have the time nor the resources to investigate whether another site has formal permission to display copyrighted material.
If a person with authority to give or deny such permission contacts us to remove the link to the subject site from the Cove, we will do so. If you do not have such real authority, do not presume to make such decision.
We DO have a firm policy on posting an attachment of an entire copyrighted document here in the Cove. Simply, if the document is currently offered for sale by someone other than you, you should have written permission in hand BEFORE posting it as an attachment.
The question of posting excerpts arises frequently. In general, if the excerpt is educational in helping to answer a question by citing an authority, it is fine to post. Similarly if the excerpt is used as part of a review, it is fine to post.
If you have a question about whether to post, contact Marc or any Moderator so the Board of Moderators may review on a case-by-case basis.
In general, if the excerpt is longer than a few paragraphs, you should probably ask for a review.
SPECIAL NOTE:
If you see a post with an attachment or a link you personally feel is in violation of copyright, Please... DO NOT POST a scolding message, merely report the post and let the moderators make the decision. Moderators will probably remove such "scolds" in the future as thread derailing posts.
Final comment:
As always, Cove policies are dynamic, not static, and subject to change. If folks start to add links to web sites which do not contain an appropriate document or add links in any other manner which might be interpreted by moderators as "link spam"
those folks may force the Cove to curtail any links.
The link to the document available on another site has been restored.
Our current policy on links to other sites which may display copyrighted material is briefly summarized:
The Cove does not set itself up as "thought police" and we do not have the time nor the resources to investigate whether another site has formal permission to display copyrighted material.
If a person with authority to give or deny such permission contacts us to remove the link to the subject site from the Cove, we will do so. If you do not have such real authority, do not presume to make such decision.
We DO have a firm policy on posting an attachment of an entire copyrighted document here in the Cove. Simply, if the document is currently offered for sale by someone other than you, you should have written permission in hand BEFORE posting it as an attachment.
The question of posting excerpts arises frequently. In general, if the excerpt is educational in helping to answer a question by citing an authority, it is fine to post. Similarly if the excerpt is used as part of a review, it is fine to post.
If you have a question about whether to post, contact Marc or any Moderator so the Board of Moderators may review on a case-by-case basis.
In general, if the excerpt is longer than a few paragraphs, you should probably ask for a review.
SPECIAL NOTE:
If you see a post with an attachment or a link you personally feel is in violation of copyright, Please... DO NOT POST a scolding message, merely report the post and let the moderators make the decision. Moderators will probably remove such "scolds" in the future as thread derailing posts.
Final comment:
As always, Cove policies are dynamic, not static, and subject to change. If folks start to add links to web sites which do not contain an appropriate document or add links in any other manner which might be interpreted by moderators as "link spam"
Link spam: Links between pages that are specifically set up to take advantage of link-based ranking algorithms such as Google's PageRank (PR).
