: How does re-posting someone else's article/column/blog work I'm not sure if this is the correct exchange group to ask this, but I came across this article, Alternet_Paul_Krugman_Article, in which

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Copying someone else's work wholesale, without attribution or compensation is plagarism/theft, while quoting or summarizing small pieces of a person's work with proper attribution is fair use. In between the two can be a gray area.

I am not a lawyer, so I can't tell you exactly where the line lies, but I'd say this is probably arguably fair use. It cites the original article and author, and doesn't include so much of the original text of it that you wouldn't look up the original article if you're interested.

Aggregated digests of other sources is an old practice, predating the internet. The work of the new "author" is summarizing the source and pulling out the relevant quotes. Clearly, this could be done in a predatory or unethical way, but it has legitimate uses as well --being noticed by the right aggregator can make a person's career.

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