I'm intrested in adding several intresting articles on my newsletter from other websites.
Am i allowed to do that in general or every website has it's own rules?
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By "adding several intresting articles from other websites", are you talking about linking to those websites, or are you talking about copying and pasting the entire articles from that website into your newsletter. If you're copying and pasting, then you could run into copyright troubles, but if you're just providing links (and perhaps excerpts), then you should be fine.– user6901Nov 27, 2012 at 22:42
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i meant linking...– eric.itzhakNov 27, 2012 at 22:43
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@Christofian it's not illegal it can be considered Fair Use, copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html please don't spread false rumors.– AnagioNov 27, 2012 at 23:23
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@Anagio: I don't see how the reproduction of entire articles for financial gain can be considered "Fair Use"?! Although it seems the OP is only linking to said articles, so it's a moot point.– MrWhiteNov 27, 2012 at 23:46
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@w3d who said anything about financial gain? They want to link to articles, that's not illegal, nor is copying an entire article and pasting it on a website. You can't pass the article off as your own if you're trying to make money from that article. Google news links to washingtonpost.com/business/economy/… copy and paste the first paragraph begnning with "Home prices continued to rise..." in Google Search and you'll see tons of news sites copying the same article.– AnagioNov 27, 2012 at 23:55
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I don't see how this could be a problem, unless you are writing bad things about such websites and linking to them, everybody would like new traffic.
Now, if you are in fact writing not so good things, then it could be a problem and you could be held accountable for what you said.
answered Nov 27, 2012 at 18:26
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And if i earn money from it could they claim something because of it? or if they decide not to allow me do it for some reason they can only ask me not to do it right? Nov 27, 2012 at 18:31
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Well it depends in which way are you earning money. I don't know exactly what you mean, (please clarify for a better answer) but if you have google adsense for example running on your website, you are earning money by generating traffic to those websites via adsense, perfectly legal. Nov 27, 2012 at 18:51
They should be happy for incoming traffic.
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And if i earn money from it could they claim something because of it? or if they decide not to allow me do it for some reason they can only ask me not to do it right? Nov 27, 2012 at 18:30
I'd say you're safe.
Most websites have rules regarding:
- hot linking images
- stealing/borrowing their images
- stealing/borrowing their content
But linking to their website in general, regardless if you are earning a referral fee or not, is not breaking any laws to my knowledge.
