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Lots of people grab content and republish it. Lots of people grab the same content and republish it. The first few people who do it have the best chance of getting away with it.  But, if you are the tenth or the twentith, then you are more likely to be ignored by Google.  (After you republish this duplicate, Google might find it, index it, and rank it... then some months down the road they realize that your stuff is duplicate and take action against it.) The exception to the above is when you are a powerful publisher.  Then you can get away with a lot more than other republishers, and you might even outrank the original source. "If you've realized that your local industry is riddled with poor quality content, see this as your opportunity to beat out lazier competitors. If you deliver the superior experience, it may give you a very valuable edge, while also safeguarding your reputation and rankings against Google filters and penalties in future." This is so true and so surprising.  There are still a lot of topics on the internet that are not covered by substantive, high quality content written by an authoritative author.