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How to Use Quotes in Your Blog Content Legally and Ethically

ProBlogger

Why You Need to Use Quotes Correctly. Ethically, you should always give credit to those whose words and ideas you’re using. Never use someone else’s words and present them as your own. a live speech ), find the person’s homepage or social media profile and link to that. That’s plagiarism.

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Paywall for News.com and Online Community Social Media

Laurel Papworth

No journalists, except a journalists that now work in social media and a few bloggers now paid to bring their audiences and expert knowledge to journalism (blogournalists?) NB I’ll be on Radio National Monday night talking about OccupyWallstreet and social media). The New Fourth Estate is Social Media.

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PB173: How to Use Quotes in Your Blog Content Legally and Ethically

ProBlogger

In fact, I would say probably 10, 15, 20% of my blog posts usually started with me bouncing off the idea that someone else had started on their blog, so it was very common for bloggers to be linking to one another and quoting one another in the early days. That fits into what’s called “fair use.”

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PB173: How to Use Quotes in Your Blog Content Legally and Ethically

ProBlogger

In fact, I would say probably 10, 15, 20% of my blog posts usually started with me bouncing off the idea that someone else had started on their blog, so it was very common for bloggers to be linking to one another and quoting one another in the early days. That fits into what’s called “fair use.”

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