I pray my fellow steemians not to*** copy and paste articles or images from the Internet to the steemit blogs as it would invite actions. This copy pasting *** action would be declared by the board as spam and is liable to prosecution. I had this bad experience recently. I lost my reputation from 42.61 to 42.31 and a warning that if this is done repeatedly then I shall be put in the** blacklist.** Be the author yourself. Post your own thoughts, personal experience, etc.