Does duplicate contents with different URLs affect the SEO rankings of the original?

[Kross]

There are instances where a particular content is published on different sites. For the ranking of the contents on search engine, how would the duplicating of the original content affect its ranking?

How would the web crawler manage to rank the contents between the two?

 

[Nomad]

One of the main criteria for search engine ranking is originality of the content. If your website contain duplicate content, it might never rank