Originally Posted by AaronM

First off...Likewise on the respect thing and our past differences.

Not trying to start a fight here and I'm certainly not grasping at straws or trying to make a ridiculous point. This is EXACTLY what copyright laws are in place to prevent. How you can even attempt to argue that is beyond me.

That being said, Yes, I absolutely believe 100% that you posting the entire article here directly effects the income of the copyright holder. I believe this because I own websites where I post articles like this. I rely on the traffic to those sites to generate income. There is no way that you, as a person who works with the online community, can be blind to the fact that traffic = profit. By taking away from that traffic, you are costing them money. Putting a link up doesn't mean jack because we have no reason to click the link since we've already read the article.

Post the first sentence or two or paraphrase the article and post a link...That's fine and would be appreciated by those who own the content. Copying and re-distributing it is illegal and damaging.