Reproduction without permission

[JefferMC]

Originally Posted by CajunNewBlue

love me some wikipedia!! so, let me ask y'all.... If I was to develop some kind of hyperlinked, cross referenced thingy using scanned and ocr'ed rulebooks and made it publicly available for critique'ing (sp) and commenting and use for teaching... I'd probably wouldn't need permission? (just spit balling here)

JMO, but if you're reproducing substantial amounts of the rulebooks, I think you'd be skating on thin ice.

Again, this is my opinion:

OKAY: Cite the "same" rule (including related definitions, etc.) from 5 rule books, making comparisons, criticisms, etc.

NOT OKAY: Take 5 complete rule books and put them on line, even if you add hyperlinks and commentary, without the permission of the publishers/authors of each of the 5 rulebooks.

At what point you cross the line between these two extremes is a matter of much discussion and may depend on what Federal Appellate District you're in.