Will we get sue if we spin article from the famous site?

sorry for my silly question, but will I get sue if I spin article from some famous site like: BBC.com or huffingtonpost.com or michaelbay.com/

thank you

just cover your ass with private reg. so you don't get sue. You should be good.

I agree with above, but the thing is, is u spin it and change some words, they can not say anything, as faar as Iknow, but hey Im not an expert only a newbie since 2008..... so maybe someone more experience can answer, but if it was me, and i have several own brands, just go for it...

i do it all the time and nobody sued me.

If its spinned you won't get sued, its the same as rewriting something manually, both aren't plagiarizing.

It's not a silly question, it's a good question that many people don't ask but they learn the answer to it the hard way.

Anyway, to answer your question, a blogger can technically sue you for stealing and spinning their content (unless they've attached a creative commons license to the article) the same way they can sue you for pilfering their images, even if you try to claim it as "derivative work" (view my previous posts below for more about image copyright). Although, this doesn't necessarily mean they'll win the case since the only time they can actually become litigious (in the United States) is if they are registered with the U.S Copyright Office. There's also the issue with proving that the spinned content is indeed spinned content from someone else's website. For example, if you've managed to spin the article well enough that it can be distinguished as a unique article from the original, then it would be difficult to prove in court.

At the end of the day, most bloggers wouldn't go through the effort of searching for spinned copies of their articles so that they could sue the infringer, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Zwielicht said:

I'm unfamiliar with IG, although I've covered the topic of copyright on this forum a few times:

Zwielicht said:

You can use the images if you have the consent of the copyright owner of the images, if you are the copyright owner of the images, or if the image is labelled for reuse. Doing otherwise can result in unwanted penalties that could have been easily avoided.


For example, in the case that you were to visit one of my websites, pilfer my images, and then place them on your website (with or without a source is irrelevant), this would leave you vulnerable to immediate litigation as I am not required to give you a warning before becoming litigious. These penalties are not low, either; they can range as low as $200 to as high as $150,000.


However, most copyright owners will either not care or they will ask for a link back to their website in exchange for using their images, although there have been cases where the copyright owner of an image has decided to sue the infringer without any prior warning. Again, this doesn't happen often, but I personally do not take the risk and only use images that I've created or images that have been labelled for reuse.

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To add to this and better answer your question, providing a link back to the source does not excuse copyright infringement if the infringer is using the images in a commercial setting or claiming them as his/her own.

Of course, I'm not a lawyer, so it's better to contact one about the legality of this to understand whether or not the copyright holders can become litigious in this situation.

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It would cost $x,xxx + to sue someone, even more if they are located in another country.

thank you, I really appreciated

We have spun hundreds of thousands of articles without any issues over the past few years; I would suppose you are probably safe.

Spinning an article is basically in Grey Area. It's best to have your ass covered.
for cratos - Can you explain in detail about what you mean by "private reg." ?

In America, you can sue anyone for anything. Chances are they're not going to bother with you. It simply isn't worth their time.

cobaltblue87 said:

In America, you can sue anyone for anything. Chances are they're not going to bother with you. It simply isn't worth their time.

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No kidding.
http://www.lawsuit.no/michael_jackson.html

An idiot sued Michael Jordan because he says Michael Jordan looks like him. This supposedly causes people everywhere to approach him. He sued Michael Jordan AND the founder of Nike, Phil Knight, for $832 million dollars. And guess who was the lawyer representing this moron? Himself.

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