I may be overcautious but I am also keen that the website does not get into legal difficulties, which has happened in the past with what people have posted, both potential copyright issues and libel.
Your subscription gives you the right to view the article, it does not give you the right to post the entire article on another website without the author's permission. HJ would effectively become a republisher of copyrighted material.
The Sun article has a few selected quotes, it is not the entire article which I assume your post was, since I can't see behind the paywall.
Personally I think it's dodgy but I will email the HJ Editor and if he's happy then I will release the hidden thread.
Indeed. Given how small this site is (and I suspect how fragile its financial position is under the current climate), the last thing it needs is an expensive lawsuit from a major news outlet that could also scare off advertisers and where some of the journos who also work for MSM ones could (IMHO) be 'required to choose' between HJ and their 'main' employer.
Best to get around that by either:
1. Posting your own precis of the article in your own words, or
2. Waiting until a free, third-party news aggregator site is allowed to republish the article. Some Telegraph, Mail, Guardian, Indie and Express articles are often done so on MSN a day or three later, though I admitedly rarely see Times ones on there. Of course, that often means somewone else getting to the proverbial 'punch' sooner than you do.
Some sites republish part of articles in their own daily or weekly 'news roundup', likely with (unpaid) permission because it is effectively free advertising (a 'taster') for the originitors site, including some major news outlets.
You still have to be a subscriber to read the full article on the latter type. Best suited to up-and-coming news outlets or specialist ones that don't charge for access (though may require you to be a member like this forum), where the republishing may be in full, but just not every article.
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