Legal Question in Technology Law in California

Re: Internet Plagerism Laws

That would be illegal (copyright infringement), but goes on every day on probably millions of sites. The publishers (particularly small pubglishers) are pretty powerless to stop it except for major offenders, as there are just too many offenders to locate and too little damage by the small offenders to justify action. If the small offender gives credit to the publisher and doesn't copy more than a few pages, the small offender is pretty safe. Copy a whole lot or distribute to a whole lot of customers and you start making it worth going after you.