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highplainsdem

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9. Probably best to send DU mail first to give them a chance to shorten the excerpt.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #6)

Thu Dec 25, 2025, 11:56 AM

Dec 25

Re going to a 5th paragraph - I'll usually summarize it instead, below the excerpt.

Or I might snip an earlier paragraph and summarize that very briefly:

-snipping a paragraph about ____ to get to the quote from ______-

That sort of thing is especially useful when info identifying the source of an important quote is tucked in with a paragraph that isn't very important otherwise.

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Do the TOS rules about copyright infringement still apply? [View all] MichMan Dec 25 OP

Why do you worry about it? mobeau69 Dec 25 #1

Just wanting clarification in case I want to post one that is longer than four paragraphs MichMan Dec 25 #4

DU has been sued for infringement in the past Fiendish Thingy Dec 25 #2

It doesn't seem to be enforced MichMan Dec 25 #5

Not consistently anyway. Nt Fiendish Thingy Dec 25 #7

The layout for so many articles now include paragraphs consisting of a single sentence... hlthe2b Dec 25 #3

Send an alert. TexasTowelie Dec 25 #6

I've sent several and nothing ever happens, which is why I asked the question MichMan Dec 25 #8

Probably best to send DU mail first to give them a chance to shorten the excerpt. highplainsdem Dec 25 #9

This is somewhat complicated but I'll do my best to explain EarlG Friday #10

Thanks for the clarification MichMan Friday #11

In this age of a lot of 'one sentence paragraphs', it can be difficult to post Jack Valentino Sunday #12