Paco, you are absolutely correct.  I for one am sorry that I posted a piece without citing the source (copied from email) and not doing a bit of research to find the author.  Your work is spectacular, and I would hate to think anyone to try to take credit for it for themselves.

I would love to see you compile your work into an e-book and sell it that way, I think you would be able to find yourself a pretty large readership.

I promise to be sure to do more to find the name of authors for any pieces I post in the future or at the very least cite them as anonymous and/or the source I came by them.

Thanks for the reminder

Cat

fdharden wrote on Dec 28^th, 2008 at 2:24am:


HaHa..too bad you didn't make your return earlier in the year. You could have had a project

Oh well, a day late and a dollar short.
[old english Idiom]
Not to be confused with Imodium, which, if used properly, one wouldn't necessarily be a day "late" and at todays prices for things, would certainly be more than a dollar short, which sort of makes the old Idiom a bit passé. <sigh>


Bobw

You post it on the web and don't protect it and it free game.

JFC people, it's a joke about testicles taken way too far!?! Hello, WTF???

If you are not smart enough to post it on a secure site, than it's going to get copied and pasted.

The joke was in the adult variety and no one made a F'n penny from it.



BTW; here ya go, let the urban dictionary take the credit for my expletives…

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Now I'm really confused.  Barbara, did someone post something on this board and indicate that they had written that particular piece?  Unless, I post something and then claim that I wrote that particular piece, it's not stealing.

Ask any photographer about *stealing* photographs and they will tell you that if you don't want it used without your permission, don't put it on the 'net (or watermark the hell out of it).

In this country, the copyright automatically exists upon creation of the work except for certain very limited circumstances when the author/artist is under a “work for hire” contract.

Registering your work with the copyright office gives you the ability to collect punitive damages for willful misuse of your work. While unregistered works are still “copyrighted”, you are limited to collecting compensation equal to fair use of the piece.  It is important to understand the required timing of registration vs. publication date - plus the definition of "published"

In my world, an example would include an image taken from the web and used for promotion and/or advertising. If registered immediately, I can collect several times the commercial usage rate. Otherwise I have to sue for the usage rate alone. An example for photos would be $1,500. usage plus another $7,500. in punitive damages.

If you have something that you feel has potential commercial value, the typical cost of copyright registration is $35-$45.  At this point I have roughly 250 images registered by doing an entire CD at a time. (You can do this if the work can reasonably considered a “body of work” that is related)

To date, I have collected on two of four infringements with a simple letter sent to the offending company - nobody likes litigation and the potential negative press. It may or may not be worth it for everything you produce.

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Being quoted or copied is pure flattery. Guess I'll have to be original whenever I speak or write.  What a world. What a world. That was from The Wizard of Oz. Hope they dont sue me.
the bb

Years ago, original stuff I'd take to the post office and have certified and mailed to myself, an author's proof, a poor man's copyright.  The date is stamped all over each seal of the envelope.  It's not in any way foolproof, but also kept with each one is the entire notebook of the daily dated writing and creative thought process coming to the final work.  
  An accompanying 60 page notebook for a single written page I felt was reasonably secure if needed because nobody is that ridiculous, some notebooks have more than ten pages to create a single sentence.  Sometimes things flow more freely.  

Knock knock.

Who's there?

Argue.

Argue who?

Argue glad I didn't ring the doorbell for my ding dong joke?

I don't know. There have been some mighty stupid ones on here.

Now let us all join hands...

Somebody pass the offering plate, I need a vacation...