Is it legal or allowed to......?

Using someone else's content isn't acceptable without permission - doesn't matter what you want to do with it. You don't know enough about others "doing this" to compare as you don't know who owns the copy they use or what permissions they obtained.

Though it's true you can reprint article from article directories - I don't think what you propose would be considered an acceptable use of them.

Easier (and safer) to write the copy on your own and then dissect that copy as an example.

kay

I have seen this kind of website / sales copy deconstruction in recent internet marketing ebooks but the author did mention that they had gotten permission from the original creator of said website / sales letter.

It shouldn't be a hassle to send a simple email and politely asking the creator's permission to quote their work for educational purposes.

You probably shouldn't have much trouble getting a site owner's permission to do this. A couple may turn your down...but ultimately, SOMEBODY is going to realize that you'll be sending a little free traffic to their site and/or sales page. I can't imagine too many people would argue with that, as long as they know you're using their material as a good example instead of a bad one.

Brad

I would refer you to Title XVII, U.S. Code, Section 107.
Section 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair Use.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include --

(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;

(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and

(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

Hope that helps. As a sidebar, consider Google. You design a web page and put it up on the Internet. Google spiders the page and stores the cache of the ENTIRE sales page and makes available that complete cache to the entire world. Moreover, the source code, of that page is made available to the world as well. Additionally, since AdSense ads are displayed alongside the contracted description of that page on the web, one could argue that Google is profiting from the display of the copyrighted work of others. Would one accuse Lady G of infringing upon the copyright of the sales page indexed and displayed?

My point is that there is a lot of fuzziness in matters such as this. Ultimately, only a judge and/or jury can inform you of what is legal--although a little common sense can go a long way.

By the way, my posting of the excerpt of the U.S Code probably doesn't violate copyright either. Most government publications cannot be protected by copyright, although they could be classified.

Does that help?

If you don't have the permission from the author then it would better to find another article which is already in public domain or which copyright has already expired.

Thanks guys!

USEO hit me up

No, it is not legal without the owner's permission!