Is this internet money making idea ethical.

I'm not sure I fully understand your question but...

My take on it is pretty simple.. Copy what works.. Sure you could rebrand some of the same crap being pushed on CB and make it your own, and be within the law..

But why do it? that stuff on CB right now mostly all sucks...

I would not sell that garbage

I agree. I'd strongly consider explore creating your own unique and creative product.

Talk about ethical... What's that thing in your signature.

You guys are missing the point of the question? I have seen a product called blogging espionage use the same tactics that were originally sold here on the warriors forum.

I see people spin articles all the time.

I was just wondering what is ethical and what is not.

To make it clear...I have created several products and they are all from my head. No one's else's. My questions is why you go and buy generic products and copied products because they are cheap yet the internet seems to have a different standard when it comes to digital products.

The fact is you guys still other peoples ideas all the time..yet when it comes to a digital product everyone seems to look at it differently.

That was my point.

I hope to get a better debate then hateful blurbs from people who have never seen or used any report or ebook i have sold or giving away.

Let's have a healthy debate and not put down each other for thinking about stuff that that seems to happen but is not said in a public forum.

For those of you high and mighty who trashed me....remember not to steal another idea from a blog post article or anything else.

Remember to buy the first product that comes out and not buy the cheaper version when it comes out.
In other words walk you talk.

And stop prejudging people.

Thanks..lol

It can be a big deal if they get caught and sued for it.

Look webmarke -- we see posts like this all the time. You asked if something was ethical -- you got an answer. Nothing high and mighty about sounding off against someone stealing material -- there's nothing to discuss. It's criminal. Period.

And yes - people learn about a subject by reading other people's material. That doesn't mean that writing on the same subject has to be thievery. If you are making a product about a subject, you should be approaching the subject from a new angle, with new ideas and applications. Not just rehashing every other product you happen to have seen around. That's what gives a product value. That's what gives a marketer a good reputation.

I'm not even clear why anyone would want to discuss whether it is wrong or not to victimize someone for your own benefit. That answer should be implicitly evident in the first place.

A recipe is not protected by copyright law. The expression of that recipe is.

webmarke, what's important here is that the issue raised doubts in your mind. It sounds like you know the answer, at least for you. Just because a number of people do something and seem to get away with it does make it ethical.

Lots of people cheat on their spouses and their taxes. Doesn't make either one ethical, right?

Marc, while there is no copyright on ideas, there's a bunch of case law involving "creating derivative works", and that sounds a lot like what the OP was asking about.

Whether the work is derivative or not might come down to some judge's opinion. Certainly not yours or mine.

Google took Yahoo!'s idea. What a dismal bomb that thing was!

And everyone knows how miserably Facebook is doing after taking the MySpace & Bebo ideas to the next level. Zuckerberg is probably back living in his mom's basement somewhere wondering where his next meal will come from. I don't think anyone has even heard from him after all of that humiliation and failure.