Is it wrong if I copy paste?

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   Shawindi Silvaposted 4 years ago

   Hey hubbers,
   
   I have a question.
   If I copy paste a text (actually a short story) for my article for the readers to have a better understanding, is it wrong?

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      OldRosesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      If you are copying someone else's work, it is considered plagiarism and is illegal.  If you are copying your own work from another site, it will be flagged as a duplicate.

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      Miebakagh57posted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Hey there, there's nothing wrong in copying and pasting your "original" work. I do quite often when it is not publish yet                                             But as others, like the OldRose have said that it amounts to stealing when you cap other writers contents except short quotations, or dupliate when it apply to another of your publish article(s) else where.

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   Mentocioposted 4 years ago

   Where do you want to copy~paste text from? Is it a diary, a journal etc? Or is it a .pdf file, etc?

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   Shawindi Silvaposted 4 years ago

   I want to copy paste a short story
   I'm writing about an author and I have one of his works (a short story) that I learned about.
   That is what I want to copy paste.

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   Rupert Taylorposted 4 years ago

   No. You can't copy and paste somebody else's work without their permission. You can copy and paste a short excerpt as long as you give proper credit to the original source.

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   Kenna McHughposted 4 years ago

   If the short story is not your original work, and you copy and paste it into the article, it will get flagged as plagiarism. Linking to the short story may work. I would read HubPages guidelines and see if your creative idea fits with HP's guidelines. You can click on "Help" on the right-hand corner of this page. You will find plenty of information on writing for HP. Good luck!

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      Shawindi Silvaposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you!! I will read the guidelines

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   Shawindi Silvaposted 4 years ago

   Thank you so much for your kind help everyone!!

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   eugbugposted 4 years ago

   If the work is out of copyright, you can copy and paste (I think). In the US, copyright expires 70 years after the death of an author (for published works post 1978), 95 years after the first publication of an anonymous work or 120 years from it's first creation, whichever comes first. Copyright laws differ from country to country.
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c … ht_lengths

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      Shawindi Silvaposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Oh Thank you for the information! I'll check that link. Thank you so much!

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         theraggededgeposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         Remember though, if it is already on the internet, your article will trigger the duplicate content filter.

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            Shawindi Silvaposted 4 years agoin reply to this

            Okay and thank you! I read all of those and finally I decided to use a link for the story other than copy pasting it. I hope It would be okay.

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