What is the ruling on exchanging data and information that neither the sender nor the recipient owns via the Internet or otherwise?
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If the data is not among the secrets that must be kept confidential, then there is no harm in quoting and benefiting from it, provided that it is faithfully transmitted and attributed to its source without deception. Permission from website owners or newspapers is not required.
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