[New-Poetry] Can't Cope With Copyright Infringement

[James Cervantes]

On 12/15/07, JforJames at aol.com <JforJames at aol.com> wrote:
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> http://books.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2223830,00.html
> You like my poems? So pay for them
>
> Wendy Cope is outraged to find her work all over the internet

She should feel flattered.

- Jim

>
> Saturday December 8, 2007
> The Guardian
>
> One summer's day, strolling through a cemetery, my partner and I had a
> conversation about what we would like on our gravestones. He suggested that
> mine should read: "Wendy Cope. All Rights Reserved."
>
> He knows all too well that I am obsessed with copyright. A poem is very easy
> to copy, whereas nobody is going to photocopy or download a whole novel or
> work of non-fiction. Poets are thus especially at risk if people do not know
> and respect copyright law.
>
> The authors of short, funny poems are especially vulnerable.
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