Originally Posted by Peter (IMC)

Why should content be available in only one place?

On tv there are I don't know how many news stations that all pretty much report the same news. Just every one does it in their own way.

Of course you take a risk when publishing articles, and Google will decide based on the democratic nature of the web which site will show up in what position. But they´re not against people republishing articles.

Just because duplicate content is something they have to deal with does not mean that republishing articles is against their guidelines.