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Do I need to ask permission to post content not from me on my blog ?

by phmoisan
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A few days ago, I started posting articles from other people, especially from email newsletters.

I post on my blog. I copy the content word for word, including links, fomatting, author's name.

Do I need to ask permission to the original author before posting ?

Many times, when I respond to their email newsletter, it doesn't work, since it was sent by an autoresponder, I guess.

I do post original content on my blog. The ratio would be, 4 out of 5 posts from me, 1 from email newsletters or incomplete articles where I put a link to where I posted the complete article.
#blog #content #newsletter #permission #post
  • Profile picture of the author TZ
    No problem.

    I makes sure there is a link in the header of each auto-blog giving blog owners a way to have their feed removed from the my back-end.

    I remove feeds ASAP if they ask - only fair.
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    • Profile picture of the author freeair
      1. where did you get those articles?
      2. Are those articles are copyright?
      - If those are copyright materials, make it sure that you will use this in a right way.

      -I am also doing this, I copied and paste the articles on my blog including the resource box. See to it that the resource box are included and make it sure to link back their site
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  • Profile picture of the author webcosmo
    ideally thats not legal.
    if the owner of the content can prove that you are stealing their content, they can contact your hosting company and get you loose it.
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    • Profile picture of the author freeair
      Its an outdated post, but I just want to share this to you just to give you an idea:
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      http://news.cnet.com/Please-dont-steal-this-Web-content---page-2/2100-1024_3-6200283-2.html?tag=mncol 
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by phmoisan View Post

    A few days ago, I started posting articles from other people, especially from email newsletters.
    You really shouldn't do this, if you don't own the copyright and don't have permission.

    If it's from an article directory, and you re-publish it following their terms of service, that's a different matter, because that's what article directories are for, of course: that's available content with the author's permission to republish it subject to the terms of service of the directory. But not articles in newsletters!
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    • Profile picture of the author Devid Farah
      As long as you are giving credit where credit is due, than you should be alright.

      That is as simply as linking back to the original article with a quick message saying that is where you got the article from.

      I applaud you for the effort to abide by copyright laws.

      The internet is largely an unregulated place and many internet marketers have made a living ripping off the hard work of other people.
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  • Profile picture of the author sitecrawler
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    I don't think there are any problems, because the thing that you do, is done automatic by autoblogs like wp-robot or UAW.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by sitecrawler View Post

      I don't think there are any problems, because the thing that you do, is done automatic by autoblogs like wp-robot or UAW.
      And that makes it ok, does it?!

      So you're saying that if I give someone permission to quote one of my articles in their newsletter, it's somehow ok for any recipient of that newsletter to publish my work on his own site as long as he puts my name there, even without the resource-box which was originally attached to the article on an article-directory copy of it?!

      I assure you it's not. Think again, please: it's a clearcut breach of copyright, and that's what their hosting company, registrar and Google will think, too, if they get copies of a DMCA notice!
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  • Profile picture of the author tfos4941
    I think if a link back to the original writer is included most people should be fine with it. Also if this is done using an rss feed is this not the point of the feed?
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by tfos4941 View Post

      I think if a link back to the original writer is included most people should be fine with it.
      It really doesn't matter whether "most people should be fine with it".

      It matters whether it's a breach of copyright, partly because that's what determines whether your host takes your site down for it when someone serves a DMCA notice.

      It's wrong to put other people's work on your own site without their permission. Attributing it to them doesn't change that. Why is this difficult to understand? :confused:
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    • Profile picture of the author Devid Farah
      Originally Posted by tfos4941 View Post


      I think if a link back to the original writer is included most people should be fine with it. Also if this is done using an rss feed is this not the point of the feed?
      This is wrong.
      You have to ask permission to the author.
      You cannot take other people's content and put in your website or do whatever you want.
      This is not your content,your "own property".
      If you don't ask first permission and talk with the author,you are in breach of copyright.
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  • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
    Originally Posted by phmoisan View Post

    A few days ago, I started posting articles from other people, especially from email newsletters.................

    Do I need to ask permission to the original author before posting ?
    Short answer - yes. It's someone else's copyright. If you did that to me I'd issue a C&D notice.

    Long answer - why risk p****ing someone off by breaching their copyright, when you could make a friend/ally of them by asking first?
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    • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
      I'm not addressing the OP here who's decent enough to ask the question and I'm sure will follow the right path from here on in.

      What is it though with certain people who don't appear to have any idea, coming here and dishing out advice, saying "Yeah I'm sure everyone will be fine with blatantly breaching copyright laws, other people do it..."

      What kind of advice is that????? :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

      Just because someone else breaches copyright laws, does it make it alright for others to do it? Just because someone shoots people does that make it alright for others to do it?

      The worlds gone mad.

      End rant/
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