Reference Material

[commcoach]

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.

[Adam]

You can buy them from NFHS.org.

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

You can buy them from NFHS.org.

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

[Mark Padgett]

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

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

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

OK, this one made me chuckle.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

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

But that would be repetitively redundant.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

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

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?

[APG]

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

Men's Basketball - NCAA.org

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

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?

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

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

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.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

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.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

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

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?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I'm not an attorney, nor do I play one on television.

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

Wait a minute!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Fair Use doctrine -- look into it.

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.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

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?

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.