In fact, it’s worse than blatant plagiarism. You can accidentally plagiarize and not really mean to (not the case we are talking about, but it can happen). However, when you are spinning something you know you are plagiarizing, but you want to hide it.
That’s like murdering someone and burying the body. You know you are guilty, you just hope nobody catches on.
Content-writing cuts both ways, it can be a science or can be native talent; or it can be both, which is better in my opinion. Also, rewritting articles isn’t really ok, legally speaking, you can’t prove the fact that someone inspired from your article but ethically isn’t ok.
Stealing content - which is what it would be called - is not good at all. Not only does it set up a bad rep with your users should they find the duplicacy, you could get in trouble as well.
That is true…however if I were to do that and trust me I wouldnt mind doing it…I would actually give credit to the original author as well…slip his/her name in somehow…
True…I am in agreement with your opinion. And legally speaking, if the article is copied word to word then certainly it could be proven and that is exactly what I am under the impression of in relation to the topic…if you’re just getting inspired and using your own words…well in that case, we all do that…because we learn from somewhere…
Exactly. My way of going around it would be to read and learn from various sources and then put things in my own words with my own opinions added. If I ever have to quote someone directly then I would most definetely give the original author credit. Simply because that is the treatment I would like as well. And of course one doesnt always just learn from reading but through one’s own experience as well. So when I write, it is a mixture of everything. I guess we could be on the same page there.
Interestingly enough, I didn’t know that. Thank you for informing me Shyflower. Much appreicated. I’ll make sure I keep that in mind if I ever have to do it.
it is very difficult to write articles of good quality. Still, your articles must have themes concerned about your company ro products or other things concerned. I am trying to write one article everyday.
I love the Content section of this forum and learn a great deal from posters like Samanime and Shyflower. But I just had to post how much I love that analogy. Plagiarism is always very, very, very bad…but I would hate to see what would happen if you were caught stealing content from Samanime!!!
most people are using special tools to make pseudo original articles, because in this way they can make a lot of articles without being called copy and save a lot of time and attract plenty of traffic. What do you think of this way ? Is it really workable and effective ? Is this a black hat practice ?
Most people? Where do you get your information to make that assumption? What percentage can you quote and from what source?
If you are making a “pseudo original” article, your originality is a fake by definition. You’ll find the “plenty of traffic” you attract will easily become disenchanted with the rubbish a “pseudo original article” spills out and go find a source that shows real expertise in their topic. Bottom line, if you want a high traffic level with a high bounce rate and a bad rep on the web, use “pseudo original articles”. Just be careful that the genuine original authors don’t find them or you could be in legal trouble as well without a leg to stand on or a penny in your pocket.
Black hat? I guess I would say that anything that tries to game the search engines and/or fool my visitors is black hat. That’s pretty much what a “pseudo originality” does.
In addition to everything that’s been said here about copyright infringement and “black hat” methods, I would add this:
What do you hope to achieve with this sort of dubious practice? Why are you creating a website in the first place, if you rely on plagiarising other people’s legitimate content? If you are not able to create your own original material, then you really need to find another way of achieving your goals.
Your choice of the word “inspire” made me think of the real meaning of inspiration. If you are “inspired” to spin an article from someone else’s idea by simply changing a few words, your inspiration is leading you in the wrong direction. This kind of article spinning often corrupts the original author’s idea and can even misrepresent it entirely. If the original piece was well-written, chances are yours just won’t be.
Real inspiration comes from finding something that interests you enough to become well-grounded in the subject matter and form your own opinion. For instance, your post has inspired me to write these paragraphs.