• Posting of copyrighted material is prohibited

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 10:58am

A posting guideline has recently been added pertaining to copyrighted material, including song lyrics and news articles in their entirety.

This additional guideline is printed in bold italics below. Please refer to The Guidelines link at the top of the Message Board.

• Posting of copyrighted material is prohibited. You may post an excerpt if available, please include a web link as well if one exists.

• BroadwayWorld.com reserves the right to remove any posts that we deem inappropriate as per these guidelines and at our discretion.


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Updated On: 8/21/05 at 10:58 AM

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 11:18am

"We also reserve the right to contact a local law enforcement agency to report violations that violate federal, state and local laws."

broadwayworld.com sting attack!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 11:33am

Well this sounds like fun....

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 12:04pm

wait i have a question so, Jose' correct me if i'm wrong (not meant to be mean or anything) so this means i can no longer post song lyrics?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 12:20pm

CQT,

Yes, you can continue to post snippits of song lyrics. That's fine. Even better if you can cite the copyright holder.

However posting entire song lyrics without the express permission of the copyright holder is not acceptable, and is a violation of The Guidelines and the copyright laws, even with the copyright citation.







Updated On: 8/21/05 at 12:20 PM

[Mr. Tuttle]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 1:51pm

But what about stupid people who post stupid things like "How does the Beast in B&B change?" or "Who's your favorite Galinda?". Will they be reported to the authorities

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 2:16pm

news articles in their entirety

oh baby, let the fun begin!

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 2:24pm

People will have to actually post original thoughts! :O

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 2:34pm

Good, because frankly, I'm tired of people blabbing about things they shouldn't be talking about.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 2:36pm

Original thoughts?! In BWW?!

::world ends::

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 2:56pm

Ok sorry....I'm so frightened now. You can track down my local law enforcement?

[Liam]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 3:35pm

pssshhhh ive ben thrented by he who shall name nameless but it starts with a dolly and ends with a pop leagaly many times...


it never falls thrue

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 4:43pm

does this include copyrighted porn, or do they cancel each other out?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 5:05pm

Porn is not appropriate at BroadwayWorld.com, however images fall under


Image Policy

Users may mirror non-copyrighted images or photos in the body of a message, so long as the photo, graphic or image pertains to the topic of the message. Any material found to be in violation of applicable copyright laws, may result in the post being modified or deleted.

Further, users may not use the image option to post banners, advertise or promote any product, service or web site. Posts found to be in violation will be removed and the user's account may be suspended.

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Why do I sense that some folks haven't looked at The Guidelines in a long while?

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 10:10pm

Because it really isn't neccessary unless you notify us of a change and/or addition, like now. Most of it is common sense...for most of us.

Updated On: 8/21/05 at 10:10 PM

[Pinguin]

Posted: 8/22/05 at 12:58am

Unfortunately, common sense is not that common :0)

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 8/22/05 at 10:44am

I understand completely, but why isn't this also posted on the main message board?

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/22/05 at 11:51am

i smell a loophole.

**runs quickly over to the other message boards to post porn and copyrighted material**

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/22/05 at 11:53am

So..say if Liam posts song lyrics, but misspells all of them..would that be okay?

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/22/05 at 12:00pm

we'll call it the "vanilla ice" loophole. just like his claim that his song "ice ice baby" was different from "under pressure" because his song has an extra "da ding ding" at the end.

it's really very simple.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 8/22/05 at 4:14pm

Classic!

[Liam]

Posted: 8/22/05 at 10:48pm

boobs your lucky i love ya' :)

[Phantom2]

Posted: 8/23/05 at 1:42am

BIG BROTHER! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh