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So..I see a cool article in an american site/magazine related to my business. I wanna share it as relevant, fun, great content on my facebook and blog (in my country - norway)

What do I do?
almost everyone speaks relatively good english, and most people, especially in business where I'm targeting READS very well english. So that wouldnt be an issue.

Do I repost the orginal article? ( I don't have to, because I really dont need to drive traffic from the US..my business is only for norwegian businesses (B2B model business)

Or do I bother to translate it (which wouldnt take me very long - I could do it without looking up words) into my own language? That would make it look like I made the content - which is good I suppose? Are there any legal issues with that? I suspect not..

But what is I just repost it in its original form. Can I do that without any hazzle?
Can I use the same picture? I guess I cant download the picture and use it in my own post?

I mean..I dont gain anything on giving cred to an american (or australian or english for that matter) magazine/page..I think? But they could gain something from it, from me driving traffic to their site. So..IMO, me personally would gain more by rewriting it and making it my own rather than reposting it. I could to both I guess..If Im regularily getting good content from a place, that would be the moral thing to do I suppose?

Any thoughts here?
#illegal
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    One of the core concepts of social media is sharing.

    Now sharing is one thing and copying without giving credit is another issue.

    So sharing on your social media is ok but posting the same article on your blog is not so ok. First, it will be flagged as duplicate by search engines, and secondly you should ask for permission to post the exact text.

    On your blog you could write 1-2 paragraphs about the original blog post and use parts of original text in quotes or/and a direct link to the original post. I don't think they mind a link, on a second though the whole internet is based on sharing.
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