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By: Joanne

Joanne — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:54:19 +0000

Wow, this post raises a good point. Before I got really into blogging, I would’ve said…as long as it was duly credited (and the original author doesn’t mind), it’d be okay.

However, NOW after circulating blogs and having seen people quote an entire article rather than taking an excerpt out (even a long excerpt is preferable to the whole thing), I think it’s bad form. For the sake of one’s own readers, it’s better to write a commentary, quoting a bit, and providing the link.

By: Ad Tracker

Ad Tracker — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:02:11 +0000

I feel that while it is probably legal, actually reprinting the entire article shows laziness and a lack of creativity.

Thanks for asking!

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:30:10 +0000

Boy howdy, the comments really heated up on this topic! Thanks for your views, everyone… I appreciate what you’ve had to say. I was thinking of written material when I posed this question, but it makes sense to consider bandwidth if you’re talking about audio or video.

By: Bloggrrl

Bloggrrl — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:49:05 +0000

Excerpt. Otherwise it’s just being lazy, IMO.

By: loldogs

loldogs — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 02:48:19 +0000

I think the there should be more than just the author’s name and a link. If you’re going to use the whole article why not dedicate a few sentences to the creator?

By: dcr

dcr — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 02:27:30 +0000

It should always be permission-based. If the author does not have a Creative Commons or other declaration of permission and terms of use and so forth, then you shouldn’t copy an entire article without their permission. Perhaps not everyone will object if you do, but all it takes is one upset person to file a DMCA against you, and your blog could be removed from the search engines or pulled offline by your webhost.

Copying a work in its entirety without permission is copyright infringement.

By: Jerry Gartner

Jerry Gartner — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 02:24:34 +0000

It really depends on the context, in my opinion. I do agree with Ankesh’s view of licensing too. I have several papers and license text’s on one of our sites that are full text but, for the context in which they are presented, it is appropriate. Verbatim copying for the sake of “content” is bogus though, even if it’s okay, according to license.

By: Lewis Empire

Lewis Empire — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:28:30 +0000

It’s horrible to reprint the entire article.

You get hit with duplicate content on Google and it looks bad for both bloggers. If an author has run out of things to talk about then why not close shop and move on? Give me the link then tell me what you (as the blogger) think about the original post. At least then I’m getting something original!

By: Ankesh Kothari

Ankesh Kothari — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:08:49 +0000

Thanks for asking Chris. If the article is under creative commons - then why not?

If its not under creative commons, then I would either link to it. Or ask the author first and then republish it word-to-word.

For eg: if I like a particular audio or video - I can link to it. But I prefer showing the audio/video directly from my blog. And most of them - when asked if I can share the audio/video from my blog - say yes - because it also saves them in bandwith costs.