Many people online seem to think that everything in cyberspace is just there for the taking (or more accurately the stealing). A friend of mine was outraged one time when she discovered a teacher actually had plagiarized her writing. It's no wonder kids seem to think that writing papers is basically an exercise in copy and paste.
If you're a writer, your words are your livelihood, so this week's article in the Publishize Newsletter discusses issues related to copyrights.
Be Careful with Your Copyrights