Originally Posted by Pleasurepays

that's not what Google meant/means by "duplicate content"

for example, almost all news online is syndicated (AP, Reuters etc) and therefore, "duplicate content" and there is no negative impact to syndicating news or for that matter... having a large portion of the text on multiple pages of the same site (i.e. summary linking to the full story)

Googles addressing of "duplicate content" like 1/2 of the myths people get their panties in a twist over, is something to address spam and blatant attempts at manipulating search results... not legitimate or syndicated content and sites.