-   Are Copper Members meant to be able to bypass the Newbie PM restriction?

In response to the annoying PM spam, you now have to opt into receiving PMs from newbies. The option is in your PM preferences. You also can't send PMs to newbies if you haven't opted in. Copper members are exempt, but only if you're wearing the copper membership.

Can someone get banned for plagiarism (or else), for a post written let’s say two or three years ago? (or even longer).