michaela

  • Jacki
    19 years ago

    I seen it too mich, you did change it

  • David
    19 years ago

    Even if you changed a few words, you are still infringing on the intellectual property of the real author.

    Read this letter from the copyright office:
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    Dear [name]:

    It has come to my attention that you have made an unauthorized use of my copyrighted work entitled [name of work] (the "Work") in the preparation of a work derived therefrom. I have reserved all rights in the Work, first published in [date], [and have registered copyright therein]. Your work entitled [name of infringing work] is essentially identical to the Work and clearly used the Work as its basis. [Give a few examples that illustrate direct copying.]

    As you neither asked for nor received permission to use the Work as the basis for [name of infringing work] nor to make or distribute copies, including electronic copies, of same, I believe you have willfully infringed my rights under 17 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq. and could be liable for statutory damages as high as $150,000 as set forth in Section 504(c)(2) therein.

    I demand that you immediately cease the use and distribution of all infringing works derived from the Work, and all copies, including electronic copies, of same, that you deliver to me, if applicable, all unused, undistributed copies of same, or destroy such copies immediately and that you desist from this or any other infringement of my rights in the future. If I have not received an affirmative response from you by [date give them about 2 weeks] indicating that you have fully complied with these requirements, I shall take further action against you.

    Very truly yours,
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    YOU WILL GET CAUGHT, some people take thier work seriously.

  • Just Val
    19 years ago

    Ya, I read one of the first poems she submitted and I remember reading that poem sumwhere else, how can sum people do that shit?! Make your own work and give credit to others when its their poems. That's what I would tell her.