{"id":42827,"date":"2012-03-30T10:10:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T18:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=42827"},"modified":"2012-03-30T10:18:48","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T18:18:48","slug":"tradition-journals-ignorance-of-judaism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=42827","title":{"rendered":"Tradition Journal&#8217;s Ignorant Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.traditiononline.org\">Tradition is a journal of Modern Orthodox thought<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On its website, <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.traditiononline.org\/news\/article.cfm?id=105674\">it claims<\/a>: &#8220;It is strictly forbidden for both subscribers and article purchasers to share article downloads with others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Forbidden by whom? It is not forbidden by secular American law or any secular law to share articles. And it is not forbidden by Torah law to share articles. 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