Learning how to use curation

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Hi I was wondering if anyone had any tips on curation and applying it to blogs?
#curation #learning
  • Profile picture of the author John NMC
    Could you be more specific? What exactly do you want to know?
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    Find good sources.

    Strip out the main message and summarise new information.

    Post an authoritative precis of what you've read and link to relevant sources.

    Post regularly
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  • Profile picture of the author Jason Pollard
    Well I wanted to know if there were any legal issues that may come up in curation. Lets say I post someone elses content, do I have to put a link to their website in the post?
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    • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
      Originally Posted by Jason Pollard View Post

      Well I wanted to know if there were any legal issues that may come up in curation. Lets say I post someone elses content, do I have to put a link to their website in the post?
      Curation is not about posting other people's content.

      Content is copyrighted and you can't just go reprinting other people's stuff - and why would you want to?
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    • Profile picture of the author Black Hat Cat
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      Originally Posted by Jason Pollard View Post

      Well I wanted to know if there were any legal issues that may come up in curation. Lets say I post someone elses content, do I have to put a link to their website in the post?
      Linking to other sites is kind of the point of curation. Copying some elses content is not.
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  • Profile picture of the author mmntv
    Yes you could run into legal issues if you are just copying the majority of their content wholesale. Reuters for instance is pretty aggressive about enforcing this. A short quote or two with a link back to cite your source should be ok.
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