Posting Information from a “Behind a Paywall” Site, Policy Reminder

awbuzz

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A reminder it is against the Georgia Tech Swarm Terms of Service to post anything that "risks copyright infringement".

For articles behind a paywall:
It is Okay to do the following:
  • It is okay to post a link to the article, information, etc.
  • It is okay to summarize and even post a “small” portion” of the article.
  • Make a comment about the information
It is NOT Okay to do the following -
  • Copy and paste the whole article.
  • Create a copy of the article (picture/image, PDF, etc.) and posting for others to get around the pay wall.
  • Use a source to create a link that effectively does the same as creating a copy or doing a page capture; examples include using archive.is / archive.today / archive.ph

Other notes:
Some sites have “free access” to a limited number of views/articles or ”free” with an app.
Items might be “behind a paywall” but later be available to all; wait long enough and it'll likely be available, you just won't be one of the first to know, get over it . ;)
 
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