NFHS Pubs in PDF Online

[JugglingReferee]

Is it in conflict to post those files online elsewhere?

Just asking...

[Splute]

I can access them; but I am a member. Once you have accessed the PDFs you can save them. What you do with them after that would be at your discretion. Seems sharing them would be no different than a buddy giving you his last years books.

I am waiting to see what they do with the current rules. Previously you could only access them through member content online with no download option. But you could copy and paste.......

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Is it in conflict to post those files online elsewhere?

Just asking...

I believe that those files are copyrighted by the NFHS and it would be illegal to share them with other parties.

See the first page of your FED rule and case books for the language. The statement says "Republication of all or any portion of this rules/case book on the Internet is expressly prohibited".

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

I believe that those files are copyrighted by the NFHS and it would be illegal to share them with other parties.

See the first page of your FED rule and case books for the language. The statement says "Republication of all or any portion of this rules/case book on the Internet is expressly prohibited".

So then the Fed should come after many members here...

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

So then the Fed should come after many members here...

We're fine, we'll just say it all came from Reno.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

We're fine, we'll just say it all came from Reno.

Janet Reno???

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Janet Reno???

Sure.

Or Angie Las Vegas.

I just picked a city in Nevada, since our resident Nevadan seems to have the rules on standby.

[Brad]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

So then the Fed should come after many members here...

Sharing a rule or part of a rule clearly falls under fair use -- I don't think there is any problem with that.

However, please do not email copies of PDF books to your friends and co-officials who are not NFHS members. The NFHS makes most of its money from the sale of books and memberships -- and memberships are only like $10-15 if I remember correctly, so just buy one!

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Brad

Sharing a rule or part of a rule clearly falls under fair use -- I don't think there is any problem with that.

I'd bet that sharing an entire rule (if that is what you really meant....i.e. Rule 4) would be beyond the threshold of fair use. For some rules, that'd be 20% of the entire book.

I'd think that a few sections of a rule would be a reasonable fair use limit...and is in line with what normally gets posted here.

If I were a betting man, I bet the NFHS is fully aware of the nature of the posts here and has no issue with the portion of the rules that are posted here.

[Brad]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I'd bet that sharing an entire rule (if that is what you really meant....i.e. Rule 4) would be beyond the threshold of fair use. For some rules, that'd be 20% of the entire book.

LOL - yeah, I forgot that there are only 10 rules! OK... sharing a sub-section, of a section, of a paragraph, is ok