Calif GOP enthusiasm: Will it equal registration?

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Unless somebody who originally published the material complains, I wouldn't worry about it. The most important thing is that when you post an article, you absolutely must publish the link you got it from. Otherwise you might attribute the posted article to somebody else -- or even worse -- you might claim it for your own.

Publishing on the internet is very different from publishing in print. Reprinting in print somebody's work is a huge violation of the rights of the original publisher. But reprinting somebody's work on the internet, as long as you provide the original source is not that big a deal. If the article is long and you republish the whole thing, that's pushing it. But for really short news items, you are more likely to generate more hits for the original source as long as you post the link you got it from.

And also if the source requires that you register to view the material, then copying and pasting from there is also a no-no. Sometimes you have to pay to register to view the source, and copying and republishing from that kind of source is a huge violation of the rights of the source.

It also helps if you do as I do and always paste news items quotes.