Is this author http://knol.google.com/k/sara/sara/hrlb64ddr57w/0# allowed to profit from Mahalo's articles?

Sara had permission from Mahalo to do so, she worked here at one point and I think we were just testing Knol out. If you plan on doing it, you should get permission first.

I checked a couple of the Knols she made and they appear to be completely copied from Mahalo.com. Usually it is OK to quote other other websites but it is considered to be inappropriate to completely copy pages from other websites. The Mahalo Terms of Service state under Proprietary Rights "You own your Content.

We claim no intellectual property rights over the Content you provide to the Services through your Mahalo Account. Your profile and materials uploaded remain yours. " mahalo.com/Terms_of_Service So I guess the people who created these Mahalo pages could claim intellectual property rights and ask her to remove these Knols.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.