Copyright concerns - Shakespeare's Monkeys

Stephan Ansteyfrom Lowell, MA Associate, 6232 posts	on Jul. 11 2007 It really all depends on your level of paranoia. Generally if you password protect something, you'll be mostly ok. IF people are going to steal it, they'll do it one way or the other. ----- stephan
Leanne Hansonfrom Just west of the lounge room Associate, 3708 posts	on Jul. 11 2007 I figure if you have to plagiarise, then you're pathetic. I can prove authorship of everything I've written, so I'm not too bothered, but I have put a lot of my own stuff out there uncredited anyway -- I've got lots of words to spare. The internet is rife with people stealing other people's things and I think you'll go nuts if you worry about it too much. If they're making money out of it and you find out, a quiet assassination is often best.
Stephan Ansteyfrom Lowell, MA Associate, 6232 posts	inspired from Leanne on Jul. 11 2007 Leanne: Leanne, you're so So SO SO wrong about this. A loud assasination is called. for. Love, stephan ----- stephan
Leanne Hansonfrom Just west of the lounge room Associate, 3708 posts	on Jul. 11 2007 Perhaps it's just because I googled myself (Pags put the idea into my head and I think that's dangerous) and found practically nothing. So either I've got a lot of work out there that's unacknowledged or nobody gives a damn... I suspect it may be the latter Please, someone plagiarise me!
Jones, Paganinifrom Hyde in Cheshire 385 posts	on Jul. 11 2007 Yeah - I should be flattered. Its the publishing issue that concerns me. A potential publisher isn'y going to get into arguments with me but rather just use that other piece from someone else that they were considering.
Stephan Ansteyfrom Lowell, MA Associate, 6232 posts	inspired from Pags on Jul. 11 2007 Pags: Actually, it'd depend. But on stuff you submit, I'd suggest password protecting, or go the next step and make it 'associate and you' only. Then it's hidden. ----- stephan
Paradiso, Tracey Associate, 1902 posts	on Jul. 12 2007 This is a great topic, but when I get too wound up in it I tend not to write so much. My posted work is always for "members only," the implication being I am looking for feedback so I can improve the piece for eventual publication. I post it that way, trusting that our members are trustworthy. That's all I can do. For people who plagiarise, well, I have to hope their karma will take care of what I can't.
Sharmagne	inspired from Tracey on Feb. 20 2008 Tracey: Perhaps their Karma will run over their Dogma!
Sinnaminsun	on Feb. 25 2008 I think all of us have had that thought run through our minds every now and then, but with me I don't put much worth into it. I would be offended if someone were to claim he or she wrote a particular piece of mine, but I think the odds are stacked in my favor that it won't happen. You've heard of the term, "starving artist" well the same applies to the poet, none of us are going to get rich off of our poetry unless we're a knockout poet, (which I think is very, very rare) and really what does a person have to gain by stealing someone else's words? Maybe fleeting admiration of one or a few at the most, but I think every poet regardless of his or her apptitude should have a desire to share, regardless of the "poetry stealers" who may or may not be out there. I want to share my poetry, and if someone hates it that's ok ....cause there will always be someone who will love it.
Fallica thomas 46 posts	on May 17 2008 In essence we are already 'published' albeit in a different medium than the traditional 'book'....if we are time stamped we can prove when it was published....if we find others using our material a) kill them (as leanne suggests or b) strongly suggest they look for poets to plagiarize on poets.com (where all the GOOD poets hang out)
Stephan Ansteyfrom Lowell, MA Associate, 6232 posts	inspired from tequila mockingbird on May 17 2008 Killing them can get messy so your poets.com gambit is a beautiful idea. I'm all in.