A Plea for the Respect of Intellectual Property
The internet has become a thorny bramble in the area of intellectual property rights. There are some out there who think they can just lift whole works -- poems, stories, BOOKS -- and take credit for them as if they were their own. This is nothing but theft.
As a writer, I can tell you we put in MANY hours of work on our poems, stories, and books. And most of us do it for darned little pay. For all of last year, I made $1055 with my writing. This is not what one calls a living wage.
Here is a plea from a friend of mine, Lezlie Kinyon, who has found one of her works under the Jolly Roger on the internet, and as can be imagined, does not appreciate it!
Let's take action against internet piracy. If there is a site you find to be pirating the works of others, at the very least, BOYCOTT the site. Send the site administrator e-mails protesting the piracy. Provide facts concerning the real, copyright-owning creator of a pirated work. Educate yourself about copyright.
Here's Lezlie's statement:
My friends, colleagues, and relations, Please send this note to everyone you know. Thank you Lezlie (PS- it is not suitable for young children and I would very much disapprove of anyone givnng a child a copy.)
"Rusalka Moon" written under the pen name Cenizas de Rosas Published 2001ISBN 1-930805-24-1 (downloaded version)ISBN 1-930805-25-X (CD version)
This is a book I published - I find it proliferating all over the
Internet at places like this:
https://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?BODY=viewbook&BOOK=185769&v=buynow
This practice is completely unauthorized and is out and out theft. Please
don't buy it *anywhere*. The press that published it is out of business, and
I do not get any royalties for pirate website sales. Since it seems
impossible to stop this from happening, I am putting it here for absolutely
free:
http://lezlie1.wordpress.com/literary-wrks-and-poetry/
Enjoy!
For further information concerning Internet piracy of intellectual and
artistic rights, please visit one of these sites:
http://harlanellison.com/KICK/kick_rls.htm
http://ezinearticles.com/?Internet-Piracy-of-the-Nations---Piracy-Law-Treaty-Negotiations&id=1516930
Thank you, Lezlie Kinyon, author (under the pen name , Cenizas de
Rosas") 2009."
As a writer, I can tell you we put in MANY hours of work on our poems, stories, and books. And most of us do it for darned little pay. For all of last year, I made $1055 with my writing. This is not what one calls a living wage.
Here is a plea from a friend of mine, Lezlie Kinyon, who has found one of her works under the Jolly Roger on the internet, and as can be imagined, does not appreciate it!
Let's take action against internet piracy. If there is a site you find to be pirating the works of others, at the very least, BOYCOTT the site. Send the site administrator e-mails protesting the piracy. Provide facts concerning the real, copyright-owning creator of a pirated work. Educate yourself about copyright.
Here's Lezlie's statement:
My friends, colleagues, and relations, Please send this note to everyone you know. Thank you Lezlie (PS- it is not suitable for young children and I would very much disapprove of anyone givnng a child a copy.)
"Rusalka Moon" written under the pen name Cenizas de Rosas Published 2001ISBN 1-930805-24-1 (downloaded version)ISBN 1-930805-25-X (CD version)
This is a book I published - I find it proliferating all over the
Internet at places like this:
https://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?BODY=viewbook&BOOK=185769&v=buynow
This practice is completely unauthorized and is out and out theft. Please
don't buy it *anywhere*. The press that published it is out of business, and
I do not get any royalties for pirate website sales. Since it seems
impossible to stop this from happening, I am putting it here for absolutely
free:
http://lezlie1.wordpress.com/literary-wrks-and-poetry/
Enjoy!
For further information concerning Internet piracy of intellectual and
artistic rights, please visit one of these sites:
http://harlanellison.com/KICK/kick_rls.htm
http://ezinearticles.com/?Internet-Piracy-of-the-Nations---Piracy-Law-Treaty-Negotiations&id=1516930
Thank you, Lezlie Kinyon, author (under the pen name , Cenizas de
Rosas") 2009."