Are there legal/copyright issues if one uses the content of newspaper
ads (classifieds/display) on their website while giving proper credits
to the newspaper e.g. ?this advertisement has been taken from XYZ
newspaper??

If there are no legal issues, can one use this information for commercial purpose? 

If there is a problem using this information for commercial purpose,
can one use it for non-commercial purpose e.g. free service to the
consumer.

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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 01 Mar 2006 00:18 PST

This may help you:
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

Let me know...

sublime1-ga

The copyright belongs to the company advertising itslef, not the newspaper.

Which scenario are you contemplating here?

(1) If a company places an ad in the newspaper and then wants to use
that ad on the company's website...
(2) If a Company A sees Company B's ad in the newspaper and wants to
use it on Company A's website...