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j04 Sat 26-May-12 11:00:49

On a thread recently I copied and pasted my two responses off of another forum, who had the same thing going.

I'm truly sorry. It was naughty. [blush]

They were good responses, so I thought, well..............

[bites lip and hangs head]

Anagram Sat 26-May-12 11:03:59

And you are confessing...why, exactly jingl?

[confused]

Jacey Sat 26-May-12 11:05:46

OK jj ...I'm confused too ...mind you after all this tech stuff today that is very easy! [wink]

jeni Sat 26-May-12 11:06:34

I think plagiarising herself?

Anagram Sat 26-May-12 11:08:07

Is that illegal? [shock horror]

j04 Sat 26-May-12 11:09:02

jeni is right.

And there could be copyright issues! [shock]

Ella46 Sat 26-May-12 11:11:03

Is that right? Everyone copies stuff from everywhere, does that apply to all sites?

Anagram Sat 26-May-12 11:12:46

I suppose if it was someone else's post....

That's a bit different from copying information or a joke.

Bags Sat 26-May-12 11:13:27

It depends how much is copied and whether it is for personal use and whether you ackowledge the source, etc., etc.

this one is just one of jj's jokes. [wink]

JessM Sat 26-May-12 18:47:23

I think strictly speaking there is GN copyright on anything we post! let em fight it out i say.

glassortwo Sat 26-May-12 18:52:16

jess is right let them fight it out wink

jeni Sat 26-May-12 19:25:05

I suspect copyright bides with the author unless sold!

Anagram Sat 26-May-12 19:41:20

Yes, I'm sure you're right jeni. GN can't pass on our words of wisdom without our say so!

Ella46 Sat 26-May-12 19:58:11

Oh yes they can, and have done! In the Guardian for a start. Anything we put on here is fair game! hmm

JessM Sat 26-May-12 19:59:58

Sorry Jeni - knew it was somewhere on the site:

Please note that Gransnet has non-exclusive copyright in all submissions, and reserves the right to edit and re-publish these in print form.

jeni Sat 26-May-12 20:01:28

That's ok, I thought there was something at the back of my mind about lubricants!

Anagram Sat 26-May-12 20:02:41

I'll sue! angry

Oh, hang on....I will sue if they ever quote me without my permission! grin

soop Sun 27-May-12 17:48:21

Anagram As I seldom say anything worth quoting, I guess I'm okay... smarmy grin

Bags Sun 27-May-12 17:57:41

Non-exclusive means we can use our own stuff elsewhere as well, I think. Which would make jingl's repeated post just fine. smile

I'm sure I'll be corrected if that's wrong.

Anagram Sun 27-May-12 18:01:23

Yes, surely if you have the same opinion on two different forums, you will post the same response on each! confused

j04 Sun 27-May-12 18:22:51

Oh no!!! You don't understand.

They weren't my replies. They were some old geezer's comments from a blogspot. Or something.

See. It was bad! blush

Ella46 Sun 27-May-12 18:28:09

Don't worry Jings, your secret is safe with us wink

Anagram Sun 27-May-12 18:31:32

Yes, that's truly bad jingl! shock

So why confess to it? confused

jeni Sun 27-May-12 18:31:43

Naughty step for you THAT WAS plagiarism!

j04 Sun 27-May-12 19:21:55

Well, Anagram, I can't really remember bread, coal and milk being delivered by horse and cart.