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SemiconEng: Re: ... a cut/paste of an ENTIRE article, without permission of the author, could be viewed as a violation...

I think you all need to take a chill pill. *Any* published material is protected under copyright law, whether reproduced in whole or in part. Fundamentally, it is no less "wrong" to reproduce a choice few sentences than it is to cut and paste the entire article. In general most free sites don't care either way - it gives them free exposure - and as such, they choose not to enforce or prosecute copyright violations. It would be nearly impossible to prosecute anyway. Nonetheless, it is illegal to copy someone else's work, in whole or in part, without their permission. It is no less illegal if you only copy part of it.