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Mass Posting of Full Articles or Excerpt Articles

The mass-posting of content from third party websites is a practice strictly prohibited on Windows8Forums.com. This policy is designed to protect the content owners of these sites, abide by the DMCA, and avoid post spam.
Content holders who feel their intellectual property may be posted here without permission should immediately contact us at admin@windows8forums.com. Members should not engage in this practice to propogate news stories repeatedly, even if the content of each news story or event is different.

Fair use exemptions are in place under all of these terms.

Last Updated:

24 March 2012 (Rev 1.2)
24 August 2011 (Rev 1.1)
24 August 2010 (Rev 1.0)