Can others post on my blog?

Select the “Anyone” option to allow any blog visitors to post a comment to your site. Choose “Registered users” to only allow people with an email address to post comments.

Can I copy paste news from websites legally?

It is not legal.” You absolutely can not just copy the full text or an article from a news website and just post it on your site. That is in violation of copyright law.

Can I link to other websites without permission?

Most often, a website will connect to another in the form of a link (also known as a “hypertext” link), a specially coded word or image that when clicked upon, will take a user to another Web page. You do not need permission for a regular word link to another website’s home page.

Can you sue a blog for posting you?

Although bloggers may have a free-speech right to say what they want online, courts have found that they are not protected from being sued for their comments, even if they are posted anonymously. …

Is blog post public or private?

Make your blog private By default, your blog is public and can be read by anyone on the web. To change who can access your blog: Sign in to Blogger.

Is copying ideas illegal?

Copyright. All those ideas which are protected under Copyright Act can be copied only after getting permission from the owner. Without informing the owner and without his permission, if anyone copy and paste idea then it will be an infringement of copyright of the owner.

Is it legal to post a copy of a news article?

You absolutely can not just copy the full text or an article from a news website and just post it on your site. That is in violation of copyright law. There are exceptions: if the original article is Creative Commons licensed or Public Domain, or if you are only using the headline/excerpt as Richard suggested.

Do people post articles from other people’s websites on their own sites?

But you cannot post the articles on your site. This is a violation of copyright law, and you would be infringing on the copyright owners’ intellectual property. Do people post articles from other people’s websites on their own sites? Yes, but they are opening themselves up to legal action.

Is it legal to post articles from other countries on Wikipedia?

No. Not legal. Some people may choose not to take action, but that’s another story. All content is copyrighted – unless it’s public domain or creative commons as mentioned above. Good practice would be to link to the relevant article.

Is it OK to link and refer people to other articles?

It’s a great way to pass along relevant information to people, as well as give credit where credit is due. In most cases, you are free to link and refer people to other articles, as long as you: List the website correctly (you should not say you are linking to Star Tribune and link to your brother’s website)