In the WP link given in your "legal document," you are the one who re-posted a CNN article from your own website. You have thusly put it up for discussion.
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp1959264.html#1959264
Here is what you quoted from CNN (attributed):
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A special needs adult with cerbal palsy was left on a bus New Years Eve all night in New York City - with temperatures plummeting below 15 degrees.
According to his sister Edwin Rivera was found “cold, very cold” with “blue fingers.” Edwin Rivera is currently recovering in the hospital and is doing much better according to the CNN Article.
Linda Hockaday, 51 a driver’s assistant for Outstanding Transport, Inc was arraigned Friday on first and second degree reckless endangerment charges. According to a criminal complaint filed by the prosecutors Hockaday was aware Edwin Rivera was on the van, but refused to report it to the driver as she had an appointment and did not want to retrace the bus route. If convicted she may face up to 7 years.
Here is what KaliMa quoted from your own post:
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Linda Hockaday, 51 a driver’s assistant for Outstanding Transport, Inc was arraigned Friday on first and second degree reckless endangerment charges. According to a criminal complaint filed by the prosecutors Hockaday was aware Edwin Rivera was on the van, but refused to report it to the driver as she had an appointment and did not want to retrace the bus route. If convicted she may face up to 7 years.
Here is the original CNN post:
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- A bus driver's helper is facing criminal charges after she allegedly overlooked a 22-year-old special needs student, who spent New Year's Eve alone in a freezing bus depot, police said.
A cerebral palsy patient spent Wednesday night inside a frigid bus in a New York transportation depot.
A cerebral palsy patient spent Wednesday night inside a frigid bus in a New York transportation depot.
Edwin Rivera, who has cerebral palsy, was left on a privately run school bus Wednesday night, authorities said.
Temperatures in New York plummeted to 15 degrees before he was found early Thursday. Rivera was taken to Brookdale University Hospital, where he was recovering Friday, according to hospital officials.
When he was found, Rivera was "cold, very cold," his sister, Leslie Rivera, told CNN affiliate News 12 Long Island. "His fingers were blue."
Linda Hockaday, 51, who helps the school bus driver, faces charges of first- and second-degree reckless endangerment. She was arraigned Friday.
Hockaday was aware Rivera was asleep on the bus, but did not inform the driver he was there, prosecutors allege in a criminal complaint. She didn't want to retrace the bus route and take Rivera home because she had to get to an appointment, the complaint said.
If convicted, Hockaday could face a sentence of up to seven years.
The bus driver has not been charged in the case.
The bus company, Outstanding Transport Inc., refused comment.
On its Web site, Outstanding Transport bills itself as "New York City's leader in meeting the transportation needs for the elderly and for handicapped adults.
"While some companies use old school buses, OTI maintains a high quality fleet of specialized vehicles suitable for their special-needs clients," the Web site says.
Rivera's parents reported him missing Wednesday after he failed to return home from his school, run by the Federation Employment and Guidance Service, which refused to comment.
Leslie Rivera told News 12 she would like to put the incident behind her and is now focused on her brother's condition.
"He is doing much better," she said. "He perked up. He started singing."
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By the way, when you made an obtuse reference to KaliMa stealing copyrighted material, she outright stated confusion as to what you were referring (thinking that you were referring to her avatar). Your response was:
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Actually no, copying and pasting paragraphs from a website is a flagrant abuse of copyright.
This is incorrect.
Her quote of the material was entirely within Fair Use, as it was a small portion of material, and the quote
was commented upon, a requirement of Fair Use; it was not simply a cut-and-paste. She was totally within the law, as is Alex for allowing it.
You set the precedent by posting material from your own website in a thread that was certain to get a sympathetic reaction to the treatment of the disabled man. To post it here on WP and then go after Alex, (WP) is hypocritical.
In addition, you went on to comment about the article, further obfuscating any claim, as you had ample opportunity to make whatever grievance you had clear at that point. Why would you post the article if you didn't expect a response, including small quotations to reference the article?
08 Jan 2009, 6:57 am
