Stolen Poetry...Whos Her Next Victim?♥

It Was Pointed Out To Me, On a Recent Comment On a Poem I've Written Intitled "Shattered Kisses" That a Young Lady That Goes By The Name Of "Maggi" Has Stolen My Poem And Called It "Shatter Kisses".....I've Already Reported This To The Site And Confronted Her, Some Of Her Poetry Looks Too Good To Be Hers....So If You Get The Chance Go Check Out Her Author Page To See If Some Of Your Poetry Has Ended Up There As Well *But I Would Like To Commend This Site For Getting Rid Of Plagerizers...Because Now Its Slim To None* *Kisses* xoxo-Nikki-xoxo

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/author.html?id=175396

I Reported It And Thanks lol I Know! Thats Whats So Funny Britt..She Made It Too Obvious That Its Plagerized *Hugs* xoxo-Nikki-xoxo

Im so bored and im gonna check Soem of her stuff...so this is hers or not? il report it.. to bob?
http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/sad/poems.php?id=515864

Auther :maggi

And this http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/explicit/poems.php?id=515319

Auther : chyrstal.

I'm Not Sure Who The Real Author Of The Poem Is...I'm Going To Review Both Authors And Determine Who Seems More Likley To Have Written It....And If Their Both Just As Equaly As Guilty As Plagerizing

This Poem By Chrystal:http://www.best-love-poems.com/poems.php?id=506295 (I've Seriously Seen This Poem On a Site Before)

In Her Poem Individual Chrystal Used a Part Of a Well Known Poem That Was Turned Into Diffrent Messages For Aim And Msn Icons On Her Poem "Individual" Thats Sighns Of Plagerizim "You May Laugh Because I'm Diffrent, I Laugh Because Your All The Same" Screams Un-Origional

I Reported The Poems, And I'm Just Making It Known, I Feel That This Should Be Made Known Just Incase Someone Else On This Site Is a Victim Of Plagerizing By These Two...

And Chrystal May Have Written That Poem...But I Know For Sure 2 Others Aren't Hers

:) Thanks Miss Ann

Did you ever get this poem copywrited because otherwise she has all the right in the world to take your poem? Its a free country! and instead of complaining to us y not talk to her? think before you post!

HH: Do I Need To Quote My Own Statements...I Clearly Said If You Took Out The Time To Read "".....I've Already Reported This To The Site And Confronted Her"

HH: It May Be a Free Country But This Site Isn't Free For Plagerizers...Have You Read The Site Rules??...Do Your Homework Before You Make Igonorant Comments "http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/terms.html" Rule Number 2 Clearly States That You CANNOT Submit Any Text That Your Not The Author Of

will keep a look out then

Thanks

HH -- You seem to have a misconception about the nature of copyright.

"Copyright protection is automatic. As soon as the work is fixed in a tangible form it is protected under copyright law. You do not even have to place a copyright notice on a work for it to be protected, but this is a good idea because it tells others to whom the work belongs."

http://www.ucop.edu/ott/crbasics.html#how

The net makes it easy to steal other people's work. But just because you CAN do something, that doesn't give you the RIGHT to do it.

HH: Lydia And Apathetic Put It In Better Words, Take The Info We've Given You And Use It To Inrich Your Mind, And To Be More Fund Of The Site Rules And The Law *Best Of Luck And Wishes To You All* xoxo-Nikki-xoxo

No offense to you or any other writer here, but publishing poetry is just not a profitable enterprise. Even acclaimed poets like Jean Valentine aren't making any significant sales impact with their published works. Pick any published poet and look on amazon.com at the sales rank of the books containing their poems. Most are lower than 200,000th and none to my knowledge is above 100,000th. That is the reality.

Consider the actual harm other than personal effrontery that might result from someone plagiarizing your poems. It is extremely unlikely that someone stealing your poems is going to attain any unjust profit from such misdeeds, no matter how wonderful your poems are.

So I would say write your poems for your own personal joy and satisfaction and the joy that you receive in sharing them with others. And don't let the ill-intentioned deeds of plagiarizers, naysayers or other negative influences deprive you of the feeling of personal fulfillment you get from your writing.