free website content?

[VetTechJess]

Ive read numerous articles on free website content. In other words, what I interpreted it as was content that you could put on your site to add value to your site that wasn't copyrighted, and that all you had to do was give proper credit where credit is due. (in other words, dont take credit for something you didn't write)

however I was also wondering, for a site like mine (thats currently down right now) that my site would be used nothing more than a proverbial "gathering place" for loads of information....would it be ethical to do it as long as you didnt take credit for the writing...

my site would be only taking credit for 1. being the gathering place, and 2. for the articles that I myself write (which would be specially marked...)

It would be kinda like youtube so to speak. meaning that youtube did not take credit for all those videos that others did (we're excluding obvious copyright infringement here...) they just took credit for being the one gathering place for them all...

Oh and before any of you think of how I know its free content:

I went to Freesticky: An index of free web site content, free content providers and self publishing resources. News feeds, financial content, jokes, royalty free photos and images, free articles, tickers, weather, games, comics, riddles and more. and typed in a few keywords in the search engine, and up came some websites for free content for your website...

any POSITIVE help would be appreciated....