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Topic: Copyrighting Poems - Legal Advice Needed
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PlayfulPonderingFishMoon
Knowflake Posts: 267
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Registered: Sep 2003
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posted May 11, 2004 11:31 PM
 
Hi Everyone,I am hoping that somebody here can please answer a question for me when they have a chance to do it. Does anybody around here know anything concrete about how to go about legally copyrighting a poem at all? I am interested in beginning to display my work in various places online, but I also don't want anyone to get any ideas about stealing my poems and making some cash off of them either. Lol, I may have the Moon of a dreamy, poetic Pisces Fish, but I also have the Asc. of a practical, materialistic Taurus Bull too, lol. So, any and all advice will be very appreciated by me! Also, pixel, if you are reading this, I will try to get to that numerology write-up for you tomorrow if I can. I had some unbeliveable computer problems today concerning these very annoying pop up ads which wouldn't let up on my screen at all. Ok, thanks for all the help everybody! Playful
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Randall
Webmaster Posts: 25287
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted May 12, 2004 03:12 AM
It costs $10 or so if you want government protection in court, but you automatically have a common-law copyright. The easiest way to ensure this is to mail it to yourself and leave it unopened (postmark proves creation date).  ------------------
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trillian
Knowflake Posts: 4050
From: The Boundless
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted May 12, 2004 09:42 AM
Randall is right.
But I copyrighted a book, it's not expensive nor is it time consuming. The forms are available for download. If you want to pursue that further, let me know and I'll get you the link.IP: Logged |
PlayfulPonderingFishMoon
Knowflake Posts: 267
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Registered: Sep 2003
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posted May 12, 2004 06:01 PM
Trillian,THANK YOU so much. I would love to have the direct link so that I am able to have an official copyright for my work right now. And Randall, thanks for your advice too. I appreciate your reply a lot. But I am just kind of paranoid about protecting things like this, I guess.
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"Somewhere once I had read a description of eternity. 'If there were a mile high mountain of granite, and once every ten thousand years, a bird flew past and brushed it with a feather, by the time that mountain was worn away, only a fraction of a second would have passed in the context of eternity.'" IP: Logged |
trillian
Knowflake Posts: 4050
From: The Boundless
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted May 12, 2004 10:06 PM
No problem, PPFM. I have the link on my work computer, I'll get it for you tomorrow.
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trillian
Knowflake Posts: 4050
From: The Boundless
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted May 13, 2004 04:24 PM
I almost forgot, PPFM!
http://www.copyright.gov/faq.html It took 7 or 8 months for me to get the certificate after mailing in all the forms, the book, etc. So I would advise you to do as Randall says, and mail yourself a few copies. Don't open them, put them in a safe place. I kept a copy in the refrigerator.  Good luck! IP: Logged |
Irish Eyes
Knowflake Posts: 461
From: PA,USA
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted May 13, 2004 07:00 PM
Most public liberaries also have the copywrite forms, in case one doesn't have a way to download from the computer.IP: Logged |
Nephthys
Moderator Posts: 3800
From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted May 13, 2004 10:08 PM
Wow, you guys are all so smart! I too, have many poems I've written. I go back and forth all the time, deciding if I want to share them with the world or not. If I did, I feel the same way, worried about the copyright.
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