Is it unethical?

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Asked by Cares 2 years ago in other

Is it unethical for any answerer to use a site like Yahoo Answers to copy word for word and post that as a answer here with no source given on Yahoo Answers or here?

Additional Details added 2 years ago

Same question that was asked on here but was also asked on Yahoo Answers sometime ago that did not name the source then copied from the answer on Yahoo and pasted on this site with no source given.

I ran across this. I had seen the answer on Yahoo Answers but could never find the source to verify if true or not. Now the questionable answer is posted on a Askpedia question as a answer.

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lisalisa1 Lisa / MR/DD Support Specialist

Answered 2 years ago

I would rather all answers be genuine but I don't think Askpedia prohibits this, it is simply frowned upon.

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Askpedia Askpedia Support

Answered 2 years ago

Not only is it unethical, it is a violation of Askpedia's terms of use to re-publish content from other sources without proper attribution.

The Askpedia terms of use ( http://www.askpedia.com/terms.html) state:

"You must own or have license to use any Content that you post on Askpedia. You agree not to post Content that violates anyone else's rights of any kind, including intellectual property, privacy, contractual, or any other proprietary rights of anyone else. Askpedia reserves the right to remove any Content which it believes violates anyone's rights."

If you see content taken verbatim from other websites and posted on Askpedia, please flag the question or answer and send us an email. We will then review and take appropriate action.

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