I am shocked, SHOCKED, that the old man would delete a thread.  After all, isn't free speech all about the uncensored exchange of ideas?  It just seems so out of character for him to do such a thing...

Art, since you still get to post over there, would you ask him about posting the letter that prompted him to post the seldom enforced rule about copyright infringement?  He seems to be ignoring my request in our sticky.  I'm sure he'd have no objections.

Thanks.

That dude would lie to his mother about his birthday...

"I have no recollection of anyone making such a post." 

What a short memory he has.

Two articles posted in their entirety from the Pittsburgh Tribune were edited to include just a link in this thread.  Here is the edit note, which appears not once, but twice in that thread:  

(edited due to copyright law, entire article cannot be reprinted, but link can be)

-- Edited by Joanne Pilchesky at 20:24, 2007-01-04

He should spend less time filing silly lawsuits and more time with the wife.  When did he get the letter from the Tribune's attorneys? Tuesday or Wednesday of last week, maybe?  Anyway, it seems Scranton Times articles (also copyrighted and falling under the protection of the copyright law, I might add) can be copy/pasted in their entirety.  Interesting.

On December 28, an e-mail was sent to the Pittsburgh Tribune editors, asking if permission was granted to copy/paste the entire articles in this thread.

On January 4, the articles were edited to provide simply a link, with Edith Bunker citing "...copyright law, entire article cannot be reprinted, but link can be."

On January 8, the old man, wearing his admin toupee, posted a thread concerning Fair Use and Copyright Law in the "From the Administrator" forum.

The timing would indicate that the Pittsburgh Tribune, or their attorneys, or both, had sent a letter to the old man, ordering their content, in it's entirety, removed.  I would like to see that letter.  If he is such a disciple of the Sunshine Law, Freedom of Information, and Right to Know, this will not be a problem.  As a self appointed spokesman against the administration, as the administratior of a public website (where the free exchange of ideas goes to die), and as the plantiff of numerous lawsuits filed in city and county court "on our behalf", he is a public figure, so my request is by no means out of line.

On January 9, three articles from The Scranton Times and Times Leader were posted in this thread, all of them copyrighted, and all of them in their entirety, yet no edit was made.  This is the basis of my accusation of "seldom enforcement" comes from.

Pilchesky is fully aware of what is being asked of him.