Hello, I wanted to ask about legal content copy, I hope it's the right place to do it If I will copy a full content (article, news) from another website and showing it in my website, but I will give a full link at the end of the content (article, news) to the orginal content website (full link to the news/article, not to the homepage). I didn't understand too much from the sticky thread... It's legal or not? I'm just not sure about that If it's not legal, what will be legal? Thank you!
If you don't display the link back then of course it's plagiarism but probably not if you provide a link back, maybe contact the sources and see if they are ok with it.
You should contact the original author of the content. Just adding a link back may not be enough. A lot of people don't want duplicate content floating around...
It might be legal, since if you provide a link back, you are safe from plagarism. But, some people can't tolerate having their full content copied (even with the link supplied). You can: 1) Contact the author 2) Find something like a content policy or TOS (e.g. CNET has a policy allowing people to copy their content for free for personal/non-commercial uses but requiring a link back)
A link back is required but today there are many feed scrapers are there which copy 100% feeds from the site and try to make money from it. You shuld try to contact the original Author and then try to give him a linkback
No, you cannot just copy everything even if you give a link back. That other site is the owner of the content and its not your right to use it as you like.
Just putting a "taken from xyz.com " will simply not do. That site takes time and effort to make content, and all you do is copy and give a link back ? It also depends on the site itself. Some of them encourage other sites to publish their articles, and only ask for a link back. I'm no lawyer, but just because there are plenty of sites doing this doesn't mean that it is legal. Contacting the owner of the site would be a good step to take. Many people ignore the matter when their site content is copied, but some will go to great lengths to track you down and remove their content from your site. And what good does copying content from another site do ? Why should people visit your site and not the original site ? What is in for them ?
That's why I'm asking m8, just to know and to be sure about it. I'm going to give some content from a few websites, not one, so the visitors will have more information in one place. I don't want to be a copy website with the same content. My question is a very small part of my new website... Thanks
It is not legal to copy content from any site that has a copyright notice on the page. It is not enough to link back to the site. You must obtain written permission from the copyright owner. The exception to this is articles sites that grant you permission to duplicate their content, or sites that provide an RSS feed or otherwise grant anyone permission to duplicate the content. The purpose of a copyright notice is to provide a legal deterrent to prevent people from duplicating the content.
Ok, I got the idea, thanks. What about showing content from RSS feed? I mean there is a title, a short description and a link to the full articles, new, etc'. It's ok to show the title & very short content (line or two) and the title will link to the full link in the other website? Thanks!
I think that is the purpose for an RSS feed. That's for people who want to make their content freely available to others and want to attract links to their articles.
Ok, thanks. I hope to get more replies about it to be 100% sure about it. I won't do anything that isn't legal
Hey BuildHome, You can always go to one of the free article directories such as ezinearticles, goarticles, etc. Just read over their terms of service to make sure that you comply. I have had people contact me about using some of the content on my website and in most cases I was happy to accomodate them. As others here have said, contacting the owner first is always a good idea.
Just because something is in an RSS feed does not mean you can use it on your site. RSS feeds serve many purposes. Read the ToS for the RSS feed you want to use. Some sites allow you to post the headlines that are fed through the RSS feed. Some only allow you to do so on a non-commercial site (no ads). Some will allow anyone to use the headlines. Every situation is a little different. The only universal is: Copied content (link back or not, copyright notice on the site or not), RSS feeds, or any other source of content cannot be used except under one of two conditions. 1) You own the copyright to it. 2) You have explicitly been given rights to use it (by paying for them, through direct agreement with the owner, the owner enters it into the public domain, or by the ToS of the site). There is no such thing as implicit giving of rights. Just because there is no copyright notice or it is in an RSS feed does not mean that you can use it on your site.