Originally Posted by 
rick130
				 
			It's to do with copywrite Bob.
Unattributed cut and pastes can open the site up to copyright infringement.
Unattributed copy/paste can also look like something is ones own thoughts when it isn't, which is plagiarism. Not a legal issue, but unethical.
If the site was hit with a copyright infringement case say ta ta to AULRO.
And bulk copy/paste just clogs up the site, it makes things hard for people on phones to read threads, especially where a simple few comments and a link can suffice.