i need your guys permission

i want to use this thread in a class, i'll take out all the names. Were doing a thing on music piracy, so i was just wondering if it would be ok if i used the conversation that we had going there.

http://www.hardwareforums.com/warner-ceo-admits-his-kids-pirated-music-15674/?highlight=music+piracy

 

so do you guys object or can i use this??

 

i don't think anyone would object, but i'd probably sent a PM to each poster in the thread, and ask permission

 

Its ok with me.

 

As long as your citing it as a reference (which you should do with any source for validity and other benefits to you), unless Sniper objects, I see no problem with it.

 

I don't think that there should be any problem using that content because its not copyright protected or so.... hah:

 

Yeah i know i could put this in my paper even if you guys didn't want me to, or talk about it as long as i give credit, but i was just wanting to make sure that no one had anything against it. Even though it is more than likely no one outside the professor would see it, i was just wanting to make sure no one had a problem with it, i still have to PM, willz, we'll see how that goes. But thanks for the go ahead.

 

Yea sure man, awsome thread to use

 

Actually the forum owns whatever you put into it in the way of content...but under ' acceptable use ' or ' fair use ' practices you can use ' snippets ' of content for virtually any purpose without permission...as long as you provide a credit to the author or a link back to the source.

This is standard that's existed long before the internet...it's why at the back of virtually every book of research or book that uses/cites other people/materials ...there's supposed to be a credit page citing those sources/references.

Eg

 

Ahhh...that makes sense! Website owner owns all the content posted on his/her website..

Thanks for clearing this out Eg

 

Just doin' my bit for the edification of the masses

 

Yeah go for it man, i dont mind.