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Originally Posted by Useless Warrior
Also, keep in mind that both the publisher and the author have differing rights. You may find that many times the author him/herself cannot give you permission to reprint a written work because they have given the publisher exclusive publishing rights.
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This is very true... I know that most of the resource sites experienced a copyright theft a few years back. Some yahoo went around and stole articles from just about everyone, re-published them on his site and didn't even site the author or the site where it was originally published. BAD FORM. He's still out there trying to build his own resource site - and we're WATCHING to make sure he only posts his own articles.
Another common misunderstanding is that just because you see an article posted on two or more sites that it's FREE for use. A lot of times, if the author has full rights over an article, he/she will submit it to several sites for publishing. AND - sometimes a publishing company who has rights over an article will syndicate it out to specific partner sites and/or mirror sites within their own company.
The REAL advice? NEVER assume... always ask permission and if you can, get it in writing.
