Reference Material
 

Hey,
So I'm just wondering where you get the reference material (rules, positioning, etc) that you guys are always alluding to in your posts? Do I need to know a special password and a secret handshake? Just kidding.

You can buy them from NFHS.org.
:)

Or maybe your state association provides them to you every year... er, every other year. Grumble, Grumble

Or you can just copy and paste all of BillyMac's posts. ;)

OK, this one made me chuckle.

But that would be repetitively redundant. :eek:

I"m Npt A Cery Goos typer ...
 

Hey. I pay $12.00 a year, and have to jump through a lot of hoops, to have access to the NFHS online rulebook, and casebook. Do you expect me to type out all my NFHS rulebook, and casebook, citations?

Note to NFHS copyright attorneys: I really do type out all my NFHS rulebook, and casebook, citations. Really. You believe me? Right?

You can also find the NCAA rule book and case book online:

Men's Basketball - NCAA.org

I'm not an attorney, but I don't think it matters whether you type or copy/paste when it comes to copyright law.

Fair Use doctrine -- look into it.

Snaq's point cuts across fair use: determining whether a particular use is fair will not depend at all on whether the user has typed vs. cut/paste the text.

Paraphrase ???
 

I'm not an attorney, nor do I play one on television. Does that mean that we have to paraphrase the rulebook, or casebook, citation every time we post such a citation here on the Forum?

But didn't you stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night? At least that's what my wife told me.

Wait a minute! :eek:

I looked into it, and as byron states, it's silent on the particular topic; indicating to me that there's no legal distinction between copy/paste and typing out a quotation. I see no logical reason to make that distinction, either, so I can only assume you misunderstood my post.

Nope, not at all. I think our postings here, for the most part, constitute fair use.

You can see more info here at the US Copyright Office.

Snaqwells, Dewey, Cheatem & Howe ...
 

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Paraphrasing would not necessarily excuse what would otherwise constitute copyright infringement.

Must be the off-season. :rolleyes:

Since I'm not an attorney by trade or training, I'm not legally able to bill you (or anyone) for what amounts to nothing more than an opinion.

But you COULD give him your account info and PIN.:D

Why? Is he the son of a Nigerian drug lord looking to launder money into the US?

No. No. He is with the African Water Park branch.

Nah. If you're citing to a rule in an officials forum to explain a call, or a non-call, or a shoulda-call, then it's fair use to present the rule as written, especially since it is demonstrated that not citing the complete rule can lead to misinterprettion. It fits the fair use balancing test, especially since most participants in the forum probably possess a copy of said rulebook.

It ceases to be fair use if you just post the rule and intend it to be used as a general reference

Google 2-man or 3-man basketball mechanics filetype:ppt. In addition, buy the rules book, officials manual, and case book from nfhs.org as stated above.