Plagarism and Question Sources

I agree that the question seems to be plagarized,
but what I wonder about whenever this topic comes up
is what the difference is between that kind of thing
and what virtually every question writer has
done...copying things 'straight outta Benet's' or stright off
some web-based encyclopedia or any place else for that
matter. I agree that plagarism (and I tend to agree with
those who would label Mr. Beall's question as such) is
(duh)bad, but is pilfering Brittanica or Benets or The
Economist or whatever not also a bit dubious?

Just
wondering what people think about this.

- Guy

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