Blogs that use other people's content

[Ann Omness]

I don't link to blogs that are nothing but pictures because I don't consider them blogs. As far as them using stolen pictures on their blogs, well, I'm not the content police. If I'm SURE it's illegal content (Playboy pics or links to those services designed to steal content), I won't link it. Unless a content producer contacts me complaining about a link, I have no legal liability. If they're concerned about a blog using their content, they can easily bring that blog down using a DMCA notice.

In my own blog, I often quote from news sources and other blogs. I always link to the original source and I've never gotten any complaints from any of them.