Is it legal to copy other's articles to my blog from Internet.

India
January 1, 2013 9:14pm CST
I have little skills in writing so i want to copy an article from others and post to my blog.I want to know wether is it legal or normal.
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4 responses
• United States
2 Jan 13
No, it's not legal. If you don't credit the original author, it's plagiarism. If you do credit the original author but don't have permission to post the article (which you undoubtably do not) then it's copyright infringement because you're distributing it without permission. Even if you did have permission to use it, it'd be kind of lazy. You wouldn't attract many readers with rehashed content from other places.
• India
2 Jan 13
I have a doubt ''plagiarism'' what's that.I don't know how to improve my english so i'm trying to copy an article of others.can i copy and modify other's.
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• United States
2 Jan 13
Plagiarism is copying someone else's written work and claiming it as your own. You would need to heavily modify something until it bears no resemblance to the original in order for it not to be plagiarism.
• India
2 Jan 13
Thanks a ton for ''plagiarism'' i was unknown about the meaning. Only option for me is to modify heavily others content.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
3 Jan 13
If you copy the work of others and pass it off as your own then you are guilty of a criminal offense - plagiarism.
• Philippines
4 Jan 13
Couldn't agree more!
• Philippines
3 Jan 13
Although this is not really good to copy sources from other articles over the internet from your blog, but if you cite it as your reference then it’s oka’y and if you revised the content and acknowledge the author as well, it is oka’y. But, if you merely copy and paste all the content itself and without even acknowledging the author, then it is really illegal and you might be sued for plagiarism over stealing someone’s intellectual property.
• India
6 Jan 13
Good day Sir.I agree it's illegal to copy the whole contents of other people.I also heard that copying and giving credit to the author is also illegal. Anyways i'll write my blog in my own idea even if my writings are not grammatic.
@MrGhost (550)
10 Mar 13
It is not legal. You have to take his or her permission before doing so, otherwise, you would be framed on the charge of violation of copy rights.