Don't Copy Content! Of all our postings here is one of the most important things you should NOT DO. Do not Copy content from other sites and then pawn it off as your own. Google will be able to tell that you have copied off this content. This is not to say that you can't use it if it falls under the Fair Use laws. Fair Use is the process of using GNU or Copyrighted content while giving credit to the original owners of the content, but you can't copy a whole site! You can only use portions of their work, and then usually only by giving credit for the sites content. Here is a excerpt from the US Copyright Office at Copyright.gov Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that may qualify as fair use. Section 107 calls for consideration of the following four factors in evaluating a question of fair use. We all know how easy it is to use another websites contents on your own website in this age of Copy and Paste. Please refer to the link above to answer any legal questions you have.
