line thieves? bout 5 months ago i posted a short story of about 900 words..?

Question

,,nothing much.ran a dead heat with a c minus grade commercial.it had a couple of tasty lines though.couple of month later,i saw the same two lines written into a poem,note for note.the name of this person, i will allude.haven't run across him or her anyway.
influence in any form of art come from "somewhere",that's a given.but to steal, word for word? lord at least have enough creative imagination to at least twist it up a bit.the poem wasn't half bad,but was it constructed all of stolden lines?
guess one could take this as a compliment,if said words were worthy enough to swipe,but word for word.come on.
best to all this season.

D.

not crying the blues,mam.not a naive person.been around the block a few times,still going.been around art in one form or another,all my life.i have seen this done many times.never could understand how one can derive satisfaction out of such.still puzzling.

Answer 1

2 lines that are word for word, could be copied, but it is totally possible the lines you wrote and the ones you read, could have both been original. I have no patience with thieves, but imitation is a form of flattery. Let's hope it doen't happen to you again.
dd

Answer 2

I have been hearing about plagiarism more and more of late, here and elsewhere. It gives one pause......

Of course the poem was good, I'll bet it was lovely. Considering the source.

Best to you as well.

Answer 3

Anything you post here is copyrighted. Go after the person if you want. otherwise just ignore it. Merry Christmas

Answer 4

"He who follows is always behind," as a painting teacher used to say. Most copyright violations aren't worth pursuing.

Answer 5

Wah. If you don't want people to steal your work, then don't post it on the internet when it's unpublished. o.O Really now.

Answer 6

what are you talking about??