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Q&A How do I keep from plagiarizing others?

While ethically correct, giving credit and creating links to other sites would be antithetical to the aims of a content marketing blog, which is to attract potential customers to a site and to demo...

posted 8y ago by Mark Baker‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2020-01-03T20:41:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:08:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/25903
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:08:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
While ethically correct, giving credit and creating links to other sites would be antithetical to the aims of a content marketing blog, which is to attract potential customers to a site and to demonstrate the expertise of the company. So linking to other sites as the source of information would defeat both aims.

On the other hand, there is no copyright on ideas. If you can write new copy about how to do handyman work based on what you have read about handyman work you are not violating copyright or committing plagiarism. It probably won't be very good copy, if you don't understand the topic you are writing about, but if the copy itself is original (however unoriginal the ideas may be), it is not plagiarism.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-01-06T16:51:39Z (almost 8 years ago)
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