OK, there are two parts to this question.

The first one is about copy-pasting someone else’s work.

The second one is an unasked question regarding the Google duplicate content penalty myth.

Firstly, copy-pasting is not plagiarism.

It’s stealing someone’s copyrighted content.

You can curate it by adding content before and after the bit you copied, and you don’t copy all of the content.

Plagiarism is the representation of another author’s language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one’s own original work.

As you can see, there is a significant difference between copying and plagiarism.

Google will not penalise you for plagiarism because it does not duplicate their work.

It’s your interpretation of their work.

The second unasked question refers to a long-standing misinterpretation of something Matt Cutts said regarding duplicate content.

Cutting through the fluff and B.S., the upsot is that if you have the same content on multiple pages on your website, you will likely have the whole site delisted for duplicate content.

There is no penalty if you have the same content on multiple websites.

You may find that only one of those pages ranks well, but the other sites won’t be delisted.

I trust that has cleared that up for you.

Regards,
Brent.

P.S.  One of the toughest things to deal with online is the flood of information and misinformation that pours into your inbox, your Facebook timeline etc.

Filtering it out begins in your inbox.

Cross-check the statements that people make, yes, even mine.

Use multiple reliable sources, not just one, because we all make mistakes sometimes.

We all filter everything through our own perceptions, which have been moulded through family, genetics, friends, the media, and experience.

I saw a promotion today that had me scratching my head, trying to work out how they were making the money they claimed.

I decided that it had to be a Ponzi scheme because I couldn’t see any source of income other than the subscribers.

Not like building your blog and writing reviews.

The income clearly comes from those who visit your pages and buy the products or click on the ads.

Of course, they won’t buy the products if you don’t have good reviews that persuade them that the product on offer is a good fit.

With the information here, https://go.wm-tips.com/revenge, you can even make money from a product like the Ponzi scheme I saw today by warning people of it and offering something that will pay off instead.