Is it illegal to copy a newspaper article, and post it on a bulletin on myspace?
You are asking about whether or not the situation would be a case of plagiarism. According to Wikipedia, “Plagiarism is the practice of claiming or implying original authorship of (or incorporating material from) someone else’s written or creative work, in whole or in part, into one’s own without adequate acknowledgement.” In other words, plagiarism is saying or implying that you wrote someone else’s work. In order to be completely safe, you would have to CITE (not “site”) the text. Citing the text is similar to a “bibliography” or a “works cited” you may have had to write in school. There are two main styles of citation: MLA-style, the most common, and APA-style. Since you said “copy,” I’m assuming you meant “copy and paste,” which implies that you’re asking about text from a website. I will provide the Wikipedia links for citing online articles and magazine or journal articles. Websites: http://en.wiki
