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   1/01/09

   girlzstylin

   You can copy and paste in most circumstances as long as you are keeping the copyright. Rewording can still cause someone to come back to speak with you about plagiarism. To plagiarize doesn't mean you have to copy word for word that is why I mention it. You can quote then continue the discussion just don't skate on thin ice when it comes to copyright. Copyright laws can be touchy so just be careful and give credit where credit is due to stay in good graces.

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   1/01/09

   kat822

   depends, sometimes I will paste when quoting or just will put a link, depends, just make sure you say where you got it

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   1/01/09

   MadameX

   No, you can't--at least, not unless you copy and paste only a small piece of a larger text. I'm not at all sure what girlzstylin means when she says that you can copy and paste as long as you are "keeping the copyright", because copying and pasting without permission violates copyrights.

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   1/01/09

   footiam

   Rewrite maybe, but not copy and paste.

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   1/01/09

   timethief

   I'm with Madame X. The answer is "no". Whether or not the author has a posted copyright notice or not they hod copyright to what they created, and no one else can just help themselves to an author's intellectual property, without their permission.
   
   10 Big Myths About Copyright
   www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
   What is Copyright
   onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/what-is-copyright/
   Copyright Legislation DMCA PDF
   www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf
   Copyright Basics
   www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
   Copyright: Fair Use Limitations
   onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/copyright-fair-use-limitations/
   Plagiarism versus copyright infringement
   mediax0.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/plagarism-versus-copyright-infringement/

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   1/01/09

   siralmo

   if you want to, Quote and reference them.

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7. 

   1/01/09

   girlzstylin

   The only time you cannot post copyrighted information even maintaining the copyright notice (which I meant in the first post just poorly worded) is if it expressly notates you cannot do so. If it does not do so you can copy but you have to maintain the copyright notice and issue credit. And I did say most circumstances not all.

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      1/01/09

      MadameX

      Girlz, that's absolutely inaccurate. Please be careful about making statements like this in forums like this one, where new bloggers may innocently take your words at face value. Copyrighted material may not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder, period. There are narrow "fair use" exceptions, but they do not extend to the reproduction of an entire post/article, or even a substantial portion of it, on a blog or website. Writings, photographs, etc. are automatically copyrighted when committed to a "fixed format" (yes, a website counts), with or without a notice, and immediately become entitled to copyright protection, including the prohibition on duplication without permission. To duplicate such material without permission is illegal, and can result in civil and in some cases criminal penalties. This is not a matter of opinion--it's the law.
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   1/01/09

   girlzstylin

   She didn't state copying an entire piece so I am answering the question as stated. If it was listed as entire piece my answer would be different. Maybe we understand the question differently and why we differ. But I understand it as sections not entires pieces.

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      1/01/09

      MadameX

      "The only time you cannot post copyrighted information even maintaining the copyright notice (which I meant in the first post just poorly worded) is if it expressly notates you cannot do so"
      
      So you didn't mean this, then? That's a relief. It's such a danger when people make such misleading statements in public forums and innocent people get into trouble because of them.
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   1/01/09

   girlzstylin

   I meant it for sections not an entire piece which is how I am understanding the question.

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    1/01/09

    creemos

    I learned to "copy and paste" way back in '95...

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    1/01/09

    cooper

    Doesn't it depend on what you are copying and pasting? The AP for instance has stricter rules now doesn't it? Unless you pay for content? Fair uses is really subjective and though most people probably aren't going to complain you need to be careful.
    
    And as some one mentioned you could rewrite you need to know you can't do that,if you rewrite someone else'
    s article that is plagiarism. Paraphrasing without citing is also plagiarism.

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