Article submission to multiple directories

[eBrandz]

We know the general consensus among the crowd here is to avoid free article submission directories. But we have to do this as part of our overall deliverables and have hit a roadblock.

A couple of our agencies are insisting that we submit one article to multiple sites - which we contend would trigger duplicate content issue and render all links useless. Any feedback on submitting one article to multiple article sites?

[irvingw]

If the pages get indexed the link will be seen and counted (although probably discounted) duplicate content only means Google will filter the search results but you're not doing it for traffic anyway. The only thing you are doing is spamming though, at least if you create unique articles it looks less spammy.

[eBrandz]

I agree with you. Which is why we avoid multiple submissions. Just wanted few other people to agree so that we could refer our agency clients to answers over here. I would also like to hear anyone who has a counter argument to what you and I agree on.