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You bet it is! [filtered] Accessing it at home I see they have lifted huge chunks of text from books they find objectionable--anyplace that has a "dirty word," so the site is full of all the usual suspects and would probably set most filters on their ears! Meanwhilel, I have to wonder what right they have to copy all that text--does this kind of thing come under the heading of "short excerpts for the purpose of review??" It is this type of site that can be so inflammatory and has people banning books without reading the whole thing. They take a 197 page book and reproduce all the paragraphs (or just a few dozen phrases) completely out of context with only a sentence or two about the substance of the book But those are not uncommon tactics. Maureen S. Irwin Library Director Rye Country Day School Rye, NY 10580 msirwin@optonline.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------