Quoting a news paper, etc.

[Memphis]

If you quote a news paper article or what not on a blog would it be considered redundant or duplicate contact or plagiarism if you gave credit where credit was due?

I guess my main concern is quoting an article about real estate or something verbatim and giving credit where credit is due, but then being penalized for having the same content as another obviously more highly ranked website.

Any thoughts?

[Deuce]

I've been wondering about the same thing.

[ConstructionWorld]

No i doubt it,

i mean if you have 500 articles the same as another site then maybee

1 or 2 no chance,

You are better off getting permission as "giving credit where due" wont make a difference.

Unless thats what the newspapers term & conditions say.

Usually theres a privacy/legal notice at the bottom of the sites.

[Lane]

There are two concerns and both relate to the substantiality of the portion used. The first is search engine and the second is copyright law. In both instances a limited quotation should not be an issue.

I see MANY websites make the mistake of quoting multiple paragraphs and believing that simply giving credit equals fair use under copyright law. Or that having several paragraphs of someone elses work and a few sentences of their own means the page won't be duplicate deleted by search engines.

Do not make those same mistakes. Limit your quoting to a few sentences (with credit and backlink) and make sure you have substantialy more original content than the quote.

[webmaster]

In terms of legality it is not illegal IF you properly cite the source as this falls under "fair use" - to make double sure (And add some unique content) - you should provide a commentary about the article before the actual quote, thus you add unique content, I mean there has to be a reason why you chose that article to post right? Tell your users why.

[jenisa]

I believe that you can list the title of the article and the source but when it comes to linking to it without permission or carrying the text verbatim, you have to have permission due to copyright laws.

[Memphis]

Makes perfect sense Morgan. I want a blog, more for fun but relevant news and information. I just want it to provide me with the best value and for it not to be out right plagiarism; with that in mind though; a lot of that useful information for my potential clients is written by other authors. I would like to be able (on occasion and for good useage) be able to PROPERLY relay that information with out breaking laws or getting axed by the big "G" for something.

Thanks for all the thoughts and input folks.

[kid disco]

As mentioned previously, make sure it is properly cited.

As for duplicate content, you don't get "penalized." The duplicated content simply carries no value.