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Am I allowed to change these PLR articles

by David Louis Monk
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Looking through various packages and PLR products I have come across a package which is a complete package selling a pack of PLR articles. I have master resell rights to sell the whole package, which includes a website to sell the package.

What I want to know is whether I have the rights to use the articles individually myself and am I allowed to repackage the artilces and sell the articles text based articles as e-books? The licence terms state:

You MAY to resell this product and give resale rights to your customers.
You CANNOT resell the articles contained within this product with private label rights
You CANNOT change any of the content.


If I cannot use the individual articles to repackage and resell, then the package is not much use. I can see this as one of those products where it is just a product to sell in a chain if the master resale rights to the whole product is passed on and no-one can actually use the articles except to include them as part of a blog or in a way you do not sell the articles.

Does "You CANNOT change any of the content" mean the PLR resell pack or does this refer to the PLR articles?

I would like to know what Warriors think of this and of what use should the PLR articles be used for.
#allowed #articles #change #plr
  • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
    Typically, RR and MRR do not include the right to alter the package at all. That's PLR. The difference between RR and MRR is that with MRR you can also include RR to your buyers. But no one is supposed to change the material and the creator retains copyright rights.

    Usually.

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  • Profile picture of the author webapex
    Those are unusual terms for a PLR, seemingly prohibiting re-labeling?

    Sounds like it would be one of those affiliate laden promotional books, that requires you to retain their affiliate codes.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      I must say, from the description above, this sounds much more like MRR to me than PLR. :confused:
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  • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
    I re-read your OP closely and I think what you bought was PLR for your OWN use, but only MRR if you sell it to others. That's unusual, but the seller sets the conditions.

    So, you can alter the material for your own use in terms of putting it on your blog or sending to your email list, etc. But you cannot sell it in any altered form. If you sell the package, it must go out as you got it. Doesn't make a lot of sense, but from what you posted, that seems the most likely scenario.

    John
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by Zeus66 View Post

      I re-read your OP closely and I think what you bought was PLR for your OWN use, but only MRR if you sell it to others.
      Ah, yes ... I see what you mean, John. That interpretation does more or less make sense of the terms and account for it being called "PLR" too, I suppose. PLR for personal use, and only MRR for further sale. Yes ...

      Very unusual terms: don't think I've ever seen that one before.

      Perhaps best to check with the vendor, David?
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      • Profile picture of the author David Louis Monk
        Thanks for all the replies so far. I have been doing a little investigation and have seen some of the articles for the niche I want to create an E-book and found some of the articles used on blogs in the niche. Some articles in the package might have come from elsewhere and might not be the original work of the person selling this package.

        The package is standalone has lots of articles covering different niches so the package can be bought and sold on to someone else to sell. All the articles are simple text articles with no links. There is one group of articles related to a niche which could be rearranged into an Ebook which is what I would like to do. I notice with so many articles in this one niche in the package,some articles are on the same topic, which is why when compiling an E-book no two would be exactly the same as there are several choices to make when selecting articles.

        I looked on Amazon to see if I could find another similar book to the one proposed. I cannot say I have found the same book though it is amazing the price difference others charge whether it be old or new, but that is a different story and would be digressing.

        So, whilst I accept the package I have cannot be altered under the terms of the licence and I would not want to change it or indeed sell it on, I cannot see why if the content of the articles is plr and under that heading why I should not be allowed to add my name as author, reword the articles and make the overall Ebook my own and not be allowed to sell the finished work. If I am not allowed to this, surely the content should not be described as PLR.
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          Originally Posted by David Louis Monk View Post

          whilst I accept the package I have cannot be altered under the terms of the licence and I would not want to change it or indeed sell it on, I cannot see why if the content of the articles is plr and under that heading why I should not be allowed to add my name as author, reword the articles and make the overall Ebook my own and not be allowed to sell the finished work. If I am not allowed to this, surely the content should not be described as PLR.
          Well, this is a slightly different matter.

          There's certainly some "PLR" out there to which one isn't allowed to attach one's name as author. I have seen that before. I suspect only the vendor will be able to give you certainty on that point.
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  • Profile picture of the author B.Smit
    As I understand it you have Master Resell Rights and even a website to sell - what exactly? A package of articles with no Private Label Rights?

    These licenses can be confusing sometimes. I think many people don't pay attention to the exact detail of what they're putting in a license, or they're just copy-pasting, or they're not considering the actual implication of what they're allowing, or not allowing.

    If you can't sell the articles with PLR ("You CANNOT resell the articles contained within this product with private label rights"), then it's of no use to the person buying them - unless they want to use them as is.

    Originally Posted by David Louis Monk View Post

    Does "You CANNOT change any of the content" mean the PLR resell pack or does this refer to the PLR articles?
    I guess the idea is you cannot add articles, i.e. "content" to the resell pack, which is senseless because there's nothing stopping you from adding a bonus separately. If you cannot "change any of the content" of the actual PLR articles, then they are not, and never will be Private Label Rights.
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