just wanna ask if its possible to rewrite articles from http://ezinearticles.com/ and other article directories. thanks.
It is perfectly acceptable as long as it is not a complete rehash. If the ideas are exactly the same, then you may want to attribute a link to them.
No it not ok, not unless you obtain permission from the original author. Read through the TOS for publishers and webmasters.
Not only is it not ok, it's also no where near as effective as coming up with an original idea. Ask yourself, which articles will an ezine owner looking for fresh content send to his list: one rehashed a dozen times, or one written in a fresh slant?
Rehashing news is okay but rehashing publicly available information is not? If the original poster produces content based on several ezinearticles + adding their own insight, wouldn't that be a good considerable amount of research done on their part.
I think it's better to use the informatoin in the article as a starting point and expand on it with your own knowledge. You shouldn't be able to tell from the rewrite that it IS a rewrite. The core idea can be kept the same. If I create articles for submission to directories I always write from scratch. If they're for my website I can use lower quality articles as those are written for the spiders mainly.
No, it's not. If they did what you're saying, they'd have to cite all of the other articles that provided the actual information, and we all know that so-called "writers" that do this kind of thing tend to not cite their sources. You can't rewrite any portion of someone's work without their permission... no percentage of change legally protects you. It's plagiarism short and simple. The most you can do is include short quotes if they'd fit into fair use guidelines. If you want to rewrite articles, you'd better buy PLR articles. Otherwise, the authors have every right to go after you for stealing any portion of their work, and many will do just that (I know I do). And if you want any credibility in your articles whatsoever, article directories shouldn't be on your list for research. You should be pulling researched information from primary sources, quoting reputable publications instead of free-for-all directories that anyone and their brother can submit to without any kind of fact checks.
I don't know about you guys but I find most of the articles posted in the free directories complete crap. This is definitely not the place to look for inspiration and tips.
It's fine if there are differences and it's not more-or-less a replica. Although it is stupid...come up with some unique content!
No, it's not fine. It's illegal. It doesn't matter if there are "differences." You can't legally rewrite another person's content, to any degree, and claim authorship as your own. All you can do is use amounts that fall within fair use rules, and credit the source (which rewritten articles almost never do).
I dont think re-writing is okay in way. You are stealing someone else's article in one way . I dont think its ethical in anyway
Only the idea is copyrighted, the words are not. So change the idea while rewriting the article and you will do just fine. There are only so many words in any language so don't worry if you arrange them in different ways, as long as you change the scope also.
That's backwards. Idea's cannot be copyrighted. The words are copyrighted the moment they're put into tangible form. You don't have to change the idea (for example, you'll find a lot of articles on how to bake chocolate chip cookies). You do have to write it in a completely original way and not steal the text itself, or simply "reword" it. No one has the right to alter copyrighted work legally without the permission of the original copyright holder.
Jenn, why do you even bother? Well, I'm off. I just got some back issues of the NY Times and I want to have them all rewritten for my new site NYTIMESFORFREE.COM. Yeah, why buy the NY Times? I'll hire guys from India to rewrite it all. I'm sure that's okay and they won't mind.
lol, marketjunction, think again. Big guys have a tendency to catch that kind of things. Even if I put up my article have look around make sure is 'unique'. So answering the tread, NO is NOT alright to re-write articles. cw
lol, he was being sarcastic. Yeah Jason, I'm not sure why I bother sometimes. But if someone gets it right after reading a post, then it's worth it... especially if it stops someone else from stealing my work. lol
It depends what you mean by ok. If you mean legal, moral, ethic then it is not ok. But you won't have any trouble rewriting articles, no one will sue you and search engines do not penalize article rewriting.