Confused about Copyright policies from sites that let you 'digg' articles?

Question

I was under the impression that when an article appears on sites like 'digg.com', that this article has been submitted to the public domain, thus allowing anyone to republish it.There are sites that publish articles such as 'Network World' and 'CIO ZONE' and they allow readers to 'digg' their articles, at the same time they have strict copyright policies in place. If I was to 'digg' an article from their site, can I then go ahead and publish the same article??

Answer 1

The answer above me is absolutely incorrect.  Most online works certainly do not employ the Creative Commons license.  For example, major news websites (MSNBC, MSNBC, Fox News, etc.) and major newspapers all publish copyrighted content.

To learn about Creative Commons, please see the link below.  Digg has absolutely nothing to do with Creative Commons.

http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/11/14/cre...

As a general matter, copyrighted material posted on Digg remains copyrighted material.  Referencing the source or providing a link to the original article does not excuse copyright infringement.  See the link below for more information.

http://www.keytlaw.com/Copyrights/top10m...