--- In reaspoetrygrotto@..., chrisskillings_2000
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
>...
> > I have written a few poems myself some of which are in their
finishing
> touches, and was wondering if you guys couls give me some feedback?
> Does Does this board have a copyright policy? I would post my
> poetry on here but am a little cautious about it.
>
> Most importantly I wanted to be sure that my poetry won't be used by
> any other person(s).
>
> Regards
> Chris
>

Hello Chris, and thank you Valerie for responding.

I, and probably Valerie, might be able to give you some feedback on
your poetry within the limits of our expertise.

As Valerie is too aware I have limited time for this group. My time is
often spent elsewhere. I visit when I can.

Copyright: All original work is your copyright as soon as you create
it. But the reality is that unless you have the lawyers and money to
chase misuse of your copyrighted work, anyone could copy it and claim
it as their own. I wouldn't. I can't answer for everyone who visits
this group. 'Copy and Paste' is so easy to do.

If you put your work anywhere on the internet someone may copy it
either just to read off-line or for use. So many photographs are stolen
and reposted all over Yahoo groups to show that copyright isn't
enforcable. If I search on one of my nom-de-plumes I can find some of
my 150+ prose works duplicated on sites from Russia to China and Japan.
I could spend millions chasing my copyright and what would happen? The
site would close down and reopen the next day under a different name.

The answer is that your work effectively becomes public domain as soon
as you post it. I don't like that but I can't do anything about it.

Dick