Ethics of creating product by rewriting others

It would probably take so long to rewrite something that the person would probably be better off starting something from the beginning - i.e. original!

Ged

I'm out of step the the forum consensus of opinion on this question. Or at least, out of step with my impression of it. It always seems to me that this is both plagiarism in the moral sense, and breach of copyright in the legal sense too (in the creation of a "derivative work"). There'll be people along with other opinions, I know. And not only the people selling WSO's teaching this "method".

If you don't have enough knowledge to write an ebook you shouldn’t try to write one. If you don't have something substantial, new, and original to offer to the public you should promote someone else’s work as an affiliate.

There's a huge difference between doing your own research and simply rewriting a piece of copy that you find online somewhere.
One is done well (hopefully) and the other is done by a typing parrot.

Unless you enjoy being unethical, why would you want to steal other people's hard work?

If MORALITY isn't going to make you think twice about this, what about GETTING SUED FOR COPYRIGHT infringement? Derivative works = rewrite = copyright infringement = possible jail time.

Purchase PLR. Rewrite PLR. Problem solved.

No legal or ethical problems. (Unless your rewrite contains BS)

Rob

Just realize there is pretty much nothing new in anything at all... just new ways of delivering a message with originality and better marketing. Do you think Tony Robbins created nlp? No way and he says so. He even says that everything is a rework of someone elses stuff.

Look at book and movie story lines... Many are a rework going back to Homer's "The Iliad"

Not too many babies are born with original ideas in their head. These ideas come later in life from exposure to school and from reading other peoples work. Some of these babies then grow up and decide to become an author, of which when you actually read the "bibliography" section of their books, (the part where they acknowledge the tons of "other" books they used when "researching" material for their own book,) you will notice that the list of references can sometimes be 4 pages long.

Most folks skip reading that part of a book. Personally, I like to learn about the classic material from which the author drew his/her inspiration. It also shows me that writing a new book isn't all that hard, if you have 100 books on the same topic to draw from.

Is it unethical? I can tell you this, if it became illegal to draw ideas from other books, then bookstores would probably consist of one bookshelf, and Amazon would be a tiny stream.

"Seems like there's more than one person needing a little cooling off." - nope, I'm quite happily chilled thank you.

"HD wasn't addressing YOU personally. He was addressing the communal YOU, of which you happen to be one." - nope again I'm afraid, if by communal you you mean people who plagiarise other people's work. You appear to be someone else who did not read my op properly. Unless by communal you you mean literally everyone, in which case I am of course one.

"There is evidence that sometimes judgements are set aside, but how many years of your life do you want to spend arguing with lawyers?" - is this the communal you you are threatening with bankruptcy, or me specifically, again for something I have no intention of doing?

I'm also not convinced that extradition treaties will always be enforced with regards to civil cases on these type of issues. Remember, not everyone here is based in the US.

Although again, as I have no intention of doing it, I'm sure I'll be able to continue by vacations in the US without fear of being sent to the poor house.

It takes me at least twice as long to rewrite a product than it does to start it from scratch!

I also think it's unethical.

The only exception being if you bought a PLR product and rewrote that (as long as the instructions stated that rewriting or reselling is okay).

After completing theft u ask question on ethics? Why dont u ask before doing such crime, man?

This is the exact problem we have in this industry. Too many people who know absolutely nothing about what they are trying to teach, have just read it somewhere else and regurgitate it to make some money.

These people don't last long because you can see straight through them.

I think that it is immoral to take someone else's original work, rehash it and then sell it. It obviously happens all the time so people are having success with it but in my opinion, it's something I'd never do.

There is even no smell of ethic if you just rewrite text. Buy PLR, rebrand it, add something and problem will be solved ethically and without spending a lot of time.