I did this one in reverse, finding the answer and then thinking back to this question when it was raised on the MB Bulletin Boards:

Q: I did a story for a national consumer magazine that I've written for on and off for a few years. I turn in the story, the editor asks for some additional information and some additional quotes from 'real people' that I supplied. Because we were on a tight timeframe, I sent the 'real person' source that I found questions by email and asked him to reply to both me and the editor. The story that ran didn't include those quotes, but two months after the story ran the quotes from my source appeared in a story in a different magazine -- owned by the same publishing company -- under the editor's byline. It turns out the editor called the source (he had the phone number because of the factchecking) to alert him that he was doing my story for a different mag and went over the quotes again. But he never contacted me. I'd love to hear thoughts on this, from freelancers and editors. Is this common practice and I just haven't heard of it before?"

A: According to this article in Writers Weekly, it is not cool. "The final piece belongs to the writer, or the publication that purchased the copyrights for it. Publishing that article, or any portion thereof, without the permission of the copyright owner is a violation of copyright law."

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