Stolen whiskey.

[John]

A consignment of whiskey with an approximate value of €270,000 has been stolen from a premises in Carlingford, Co Louth.

The consignment of 'Finnegan Whiskey' was stolen on Saturday, 5 February.

Finnegan Whiskey is not available on the Irish market. The label on the front of the bottle is in the Irish language while the label on the rear is in the French language (expect the actual words Finnegan Finest Irish Whiskey) each front label consists of a picture of a Neolithic Portal Tomb (Dolmen).

The bottles are all 70cl and were stocked in brown cardboard boxes labelled 'Finnegan Irish Whiskey' and the words 'Uisce Beatha'.

Anyone with information or any person who has been offered this product for sale is asked to contact gardaí at Carlingford on 042- 9373102, or the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666111 or any Garda Station.

Source: RTE News 23-Feb-2011.

[uncle fester]

Planned or opportunitistic I wonder?
Hope Cooley are insured.

P.S. You should always include a link back to the originator when you post their story.

[John]

Uncle Fester, if you need any more information - Google is your friend

[DavidH]

It does need a link for proper attribution, which I added. And generally speaking, an article shouldn't be copied in its entirety to avoid breaching copyright. Either paraphrase or quote selectively and link back to the full article. Luckily, I happen to own RTE (and I top up my investment every year) so I think we'll be OK this time

Cooley will be worried about the implications of this theft. The presence of Republican criminals in the border area is the reason they didn't warehouse in that neck of the woods for many years.

[John]

From the Forum Rules section:
"No Spam, pornography, or posts infringe copyright. This includes posting of links, data or pictures".

From this forum rule I understood that links were not allowed - which is why I provided none. Are links now mandatory? If so, perhaps the rule should be revised and updated. Either way I don't mind, we should possibly be more clear about this because a number of members are posting articles from other on-line media without links and I don't think anyone here is an expert on copyright law?

Just something worth considering.
Cheers,
John.

[DavidH]

Good feedback, thanks. No links to spam or naughty stuff, is what was meant. I deleted a post for that only yesterday.

Copyright is easy enough. Facts are not copyrightable, the manner in which they are expressed is. Copyright is automatic on publication, even if there is no copyright symbol. The "Fair Use" provision allows modest quoting of material under copyright for the purposes of discussion, provided there is attribution. Copyright expires (in Ireland, anyway) 70 years after the death of the author.

The rest is politeness. A link encourages visitors to the site where the quote came from to see the rest of the article, which is good for them. Everybody gains. We expect others to do the same for our content.

I'll update the rules to be clearer.