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Originally Posted by texxs
It's not plagiarism or anything like it if the author has published it and set conditions for it's re-use and the end-publisher(s) are complying with these terms.
In fact, it's helping these writers.
However using their work and not complying with their terms is a lot like dining and not tipping.
Just my 2 cents . . .
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I'd take that analogy a bit further...
I think it's a lot like dining, then ducking out without paying the check!
As for the PC vs Mac... market share figures don't really tell us anything about which computer is better.
The PC rules only because IBM allowed "clones" and Apple did not. PCs became very affordable, while Macs stayed expensive. Had it been the other way around, the Mac would have the lion's share of the market.
It would have been real interesting to see who would have the larger market share had both companies allowed the "clones". But, of course, we'll never know.
Blogs: It's your blog and you can put anything on it you want. If you follow the search engine guidelines, you will be fine. If the visitor doesn't like what they see, they don't have to come back.
On any site, blog or otherwise, if someone is using your content without permission, contact their web host. In the US, mention the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and most hosts will shut down the site first, and ask questions later.
Last, but not least, here's a link to Google's Webmaster Help Center's with information about duplicate content:
Duplicate content
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-ACross