Copying and pasting content from other websites to your blogs is wrong

I have noticed that many folks copy content from other blogs/websites and paste them wholly, without a return link.

You should know that this is copyright infringement, especially when the websites have specific copyright statements, you could be breaking a law. For example, take the BBC's copyright policy from this page:

"In accessing the BBC's web pages, you agree that you may only download the content for your own personal non-commercial use.

Except where expressly stated otherwise, you are not permitted to copy, broadcast, download, store (in any medium), transmit, show or play in public, adapt or change in any way the content of these BBC web pages for any other purpose whatsoever without the prior written permission of the BBC."

Sometimes it is very tempting to share something interesting, but copying and pasting it verbatim is not the answer. What should be done(from what I have noticed on many websites), is to quote some of the relevant text and give a link to that page, like is done on this page.

Another way to look at it is, would you like for the content you write on your blog with your creativity and talent to be copied elsewhere without proper reference or attribution? Please, avoid copypasta. Instead you could provide commentary on that piece, like its merits/demerits or explaining the effects it would have on you/the community in general.