• Anything ‘published’ on the web is viewed as intellectual property and, regardless of whether it displays a copyright symbol or not, is therefore copyrighted by the originator. The only exception to this is if there is a “free and unrestricted reuse” statement associated with the work.

    In order to protect our members and TFL from possible litigation, all members must abide by the following new rules:

    1. Copying and pasting entire articles from another site to TFL is strictly prohibited. The same applies to articles from print or other media, and to posting photographs taken of copyrighted pages or other media.

    2. Copyright law provides for “fair use” of portions of a copyrighted work. You can copy no more than a SINGLE paragraph from the article to your post (3 or 4 sentences at most).

    3. You must provide a link to the article along with the name of website. For example: ww.xxx.yyy/zzz (The Lower Thumbsuck Daily News).

    4. You must provide, in your own words, a brief summary of the article AND your reasons for believing it will be of interest to TFL members. Failure to do so may result in the thread being closed or your post being deleted as a “cut and paste drive by.”

    5. Photographs and other images are also copyrighted. "Hotlinking" of images (so that it appears in your message) from other sites is also prohibited unless you own rights to the image. If you wish to share an image, provide a clickable link to it.

    Posts that do not follow these new guidelines will be altered or deleted by staff. Members who continue to violate this policy may lose their posting privileges at TFL.

    Thank you for your cooperation and your participation in TFL, the leading online forum for firearms enthusiasts.

How do I get in contact with admin?

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nhyrum

New member
Earlier, a post of mine was closed because of posting copywrited images(a poster). I understand removing the images to protect tfl, but how do I post images that are acceptable? I am also on the process of obtaining permission from the copyright owner to post pictures of the poster.
 
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Spats McGee

Administrator
I'd suggest contacting the moderator of the forum in which the image was deleted.

As to "how to post," if you're talking about the mechanics, it seems you've already posted, so you know that. As for the legalities, if you own the copyright to an image, or you have permission from the copyright holder, you may post it. TFL's Policy may be found here: http://thefiringline.com/forums/announcement.php?a=94

Edited to add: And for those who read this thread later, let me point out that just because you find a picture on the internet doesn't put the picture "in the public domain."
 
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