Does posting (copy/paste) articles from authoritative sites have much SEO value and any SEO penalty? earn by blogging adsense income

I still notice some websites have a News theme in addition to operating a Blog. Often they simply copy and paste an article from authoritative sources verbatim including all attributions, etc. Some link back to the original. Some don't. Sites could be general like Bloomberg News or Forbes, etc. and they might be specific such as an HVAC trade publication, etc.

Back in the days when RSS etc. was more popular I thought this had value. But what good does it serve, especially if Googlebot can quickly determine it is an exact copy? For what it's worth, with my personal clients I always create an "interpretative" news post that links back. So what is on their site is keyword rich, but is in their own words (mine) and enhances knowledge authority. Merging the information of a few pieces on the topic helps, too. But the text is organic and not just a copy/paste.

But I was just curious why in 2017 some people are still just copying over articles to their own pages like that.

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