don't misunderstand... I don't want the hassle.. it's just that SHE should get the rewards but if it doesn't get published...
no $$$...but if it does get there, then...???
2006-10-31 23:39:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
when an item is copywrited, that means that u cannot recite the poem in public. should u recite it in the shower, behind closed doors, or in a porta poty maybe, that removes the copywrites of the issuer. if no one can hear u, there are no copyrights. then there are just rights. the bill of rights acctually states your exact concern in your question, like about half way through. Our founding fathers based their congregational decisions about America the Beautiful on copywrited material.
here are some helpful liks
www.our-founding-fathers-and-copywrited-poems.com
www.-copywrited-poems...in.the.portapotty.httm.html.org
hope that helped
2006-11-01 06:02:19 · answer #1 · answered by chapped lips 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, copyright exists from the moment the work is created, rather it’s registered or not.
Your argument is basically “if it’s not published, there’s no money, so I didn’t screw her out of anything” correct? That does not hold water. Just because something is not published NOW doesn’t mean that it won’t be published in the future. I know an author who made her first sale last year. It was the 6th manuscript she had written. The publisher then requested to see her other work, and she sold another novel that she’d written years before that had been sitting in the top of her closet (well, on her hard drive actually).
Do NOT share an author’s work without their permission and without giving them credit. That is one surefire way to piss off an author.
2006-11-01 09:38:31 · answer #2 · answered by kp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look, man. It's only an ethical question based on who you put the author as. If you left it blank, or put your own name, I'd consider it a theft of intellectual property. If you put her name, well I'd have asked her first, but I don't think it's a theft. If it's a personal poem though, I'd sleep with one eye open.
2006-11-01 08:30:19 · answer #3 · answered by Mongoose Stalker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she was the one creative enough to come up with the poem - therefore the rights to that poem should be hers - if you were to do that to a supposed "friend" you'd be a complete idiot and above all that not a very good friend or person
2006-11-01 09:20:18 · answer #4 · answered by Angelina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She has the intellectual rights to her own poem. If you rip her off, it may be legal but, with respect, you are a louse.
2006-11-01 07:43:31 · answer #5 · answered by Phil Ossofer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you still shouldn't take someone else's work and use it to your benefit... i would be pisses as the author to find out you did this if i did nothing else, i wouldn't be your friend anymore!!
2006-11-01 07:49:41 · answer #6 · answered by rattagous70 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think, you cant make this without telling her, even if it is good for her,
2006-11-01 07:43:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is theft the same.....talk to her first.
2006-11-01 08:00:32 · answer #8 · answered by blueyes 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋