For those of you who actually every so often still bug me to post...
Wow this journal is pretty much a relic at this point. Facebook kind of took over the purpose that LJ was fulfilling, but did it less fulfillingly.
But for those who are still interested in this blog (I know there are at least two of you :) ). Since it got to the point where I was only really posting poetry anyway, I thought I would let you know that I finally put it all online, at my shiny domain name which has replaced the other two: linusrachlis.ca (as well as some other really random things)
I was putting it off for a while due to the issue of copyright, of all things. Just posting creative work online in plain text is risky unless you've actually registered a copyright for it, which in Canada costs $50 I believe (per piece? per collection?). Of course, it is technically protected by law as soon as you create it, but if someone were to swipe it and register it, who is a judge going to believe-you, in all your passionate indignation, or the guy with the official copyright registration? Only King Solomon could sort that one out. This is all assuming that a bad enough person actually (a) finds your material and (b) thinks it good enough to steal. :) Call me paranoid...
Anyway, instead of paying for copyright registration, I've just put all my poetry on Scribd.com and linked it from my site. So for one thing, the only way to copy it is to manually transcribe it, and more importantly there is a reputable party with a record of the date it was uploaded, which will of course be earlier than anyone could swipe it and register it.
Yes, when you're as brilliant and famous as I, such meticulousness becomes just common sense...
This has been a pretty random post for my first one in years. Sorry about that. But the main point is to pimp that site, if you are so inclined.
This typing-long-messages-to-an-indeterminate-audience thing is kind of cool; I'd forgotten. I think it might lead me into megalomania though.
Thanks for reading!
But for those who are still interested in this blog (I know there are at least two of you :) ). Since it got to the point where I was only really posting poetry anyway, I thought I would let you know that I finally put it all online, at my shiny domain name which has replaced the other two: linusrachlis.ca (as well as some other really random things)
I was putting it off for a while due to the issue of copyright, of all things. Just posting creative work online in plain text is risky unless you've actually registered a copyright for it, which in Canada costs $50 I believe (per piece? per collection?). Of course, it is technically protected by law as soon as you create it, but if someone were to swipe it and register it, who is a judge going to believe-you, in all your passionate indignation, or the guy with the official copyright registration? Only King Solomon could sort that one out. This is all assuming that a bad enough person actually (a) finds your material and (b) thinks it good enough to steal. :) Call me paranoid...
Anyway, instead of paying for copyright registration, I've just put all my poetry on Scribd.com and linked it from my site. So for one thing, the only way to copy it is to manually transcribe it, and more importantly there is a reputable party with a record of the date it was uploaded, which will of course be earlier than anyone could swipe it and register it.
Yes, when you're as brilliant and famous as I, such meticulousness becomes just common sense...
This has been a pretty random post for my first one in years. Sorry about that. But the main point is to pimp that site, if you are so inclined.
This typing-long-messages-to-an-indeterminate-audience thing is kind of cool; I'd forgotten. I think it might lead me into megalomania though.
Thanks for reading!