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Articlesbase; Can I "Quote" Someone Else's Work?

by Dano1981
5 replies
Hello warriors,

Happy Valentines day to you!

I'm writing a product review about an affiliate product(very common), but
I want to "quote" the product creator's words about the purpose of
his product which is all of about 2 sentences...

Question;

Is this allowed?
and if it is, to what extent would I need to reference the source?

Is just saying "joe blow stated in his product literature"
and then perhaps italicizing the passage OK?

any help would be appreciated! (it did not seem to be addressed in their FAQs)

Thank you warrior matties!
Dano~
#articlesbase #work
  • Profile picture of the author Joe Mobley
    Maybe contact the product creator?

    I'm just thinking.

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    • Profile picture of the author Dano1981
      thank ya joe!

      too much work! (I know!)


      Originally Posted by Joe Mobley View Post

      Maybe contact the product creator?

      I'm just thinking.

      Joe Mobley
      thanks mike

      Originally Posted by mikede555 View Post

      I don't think it should be a problem to quote other people's work as long as you are not quoting their whole article...... little bits of other people's work should be fine. give it a try and see what happens.... that's the best way to find out! hope this helps. good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author tishwash
    Originally Posted by Dano1981 View Post

    Hello warriors,

    Happy Valentines day to you!

    I'm writing a product review about an affiliate product(very common), but
    I want to "quote" the product creator's words about the purpose of
    his product which is all of about 2 sentences...

    Question;

    Is this allowed?
    and if it is, to what extent would I need to reference the source?

    Is just saying "joe blow stated in his product literature"
    and then perhaps italicizing the passage OK?

    any help would be appreciated! (it did not seem to be addressed in their FAQs)

    Thank you warrior matties!
    Dano~
    Happy Valentine's Day to You too.
    Did you check to see if the creator has already written a recommended
    review? Usually they do, so there would be no problem then.
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    Want people paying you $100? It's so Simple

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  • Profile picture of the author dgordon76
    Originally Posted by Dano1981 View Post

    Hello warriors,

    Happy Valentines day to you!

    I'm writing a product review about an affiliate product(very common), but
    I want to "quote" the product creator's words about the purpose of
    his product which is all of about 2 sentences...

    Question;

    Is this allowed?
    and if it is, to what extent would I need to reference the source?

    Is just saying "joe blow stated in his product literature"
    and then perhaps italicizing the passage OK?

    any help would be appreciated! (it did not seem to be addressed in their FAQs)

    Thank you warrior matties!
    Dano~
    It is ok to site sources as long as you give credit to where the source came from. If you cite the source and take credit for it yourself, that is called plagiarism and copyright infringement. If you are still in doubt, then get ahold of who wrote the article and ask them if you can site their sentence.

    Darin Gordon
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  • Profile picture of the author affiliateprogramindex
    if you ever have a question what somebody will think, just ask the somebody..
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