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You must obtain the express permission of its author before you reproduce any piece, in whole or in significant part, on another Web site, or in a blog. This also applies to newspaper, magazine, book, or other publication. There are no exceptions.
On the other hand, you're more than welcome to refer to pieces, comment on them, criticise them, or quote the occasional sentence from them. You are also free to copy and store copies of pages for your private use or for schoolwork or research purposes. All this is permitted under the usual copyright fair use provisions.
In particular, you do not need to ask me first if you propose to provide a link to a piece on this site (the locations of all pieces are permanent and you may safely quote the URL of an individual item).
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