Why? I think this is something not reasonable that you are doing to your own words. Just because there are many thieves on the net you don’t at all give your words a chance to be published? You are wise so you write your own poems, stories, articles, etc. and they are just otherwise so they just steal the words written by others. But to stop giving exposure to your words won’t stop them of stealing; it will just stop your words to be read by true readers of the words.
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It’s bliss to be a writer, it’s an art and every artist wants an exposure. Writing few poems and hiding it in your diary is not a way you should respect your words, they need more respect more love. When I ask some writers that for what you write when you don’t want to publish? Most of the answers come to me as, ‘I write for myself’, ‘I write for my friends’, ‘I write for my lover’. That is true that you write for someone, may be yourself, friends, family, lover or anyone, but that doesn’t mean that you should keep it till them only. Your words are your emotion, your heart, your life and your feelings. Do you remember a day – when you were crying with tears in your eyes, there was no one beside you to whom you could talk, you picked up a pen and a piece of paper, removing your falling tears from your cheeks you wrote few lines and your tears stopped coming out. According to me, almost every writer should have faced this day at least once in his/her life. So what it makes you understand? This day, this poem, these feelings were in your heart, eyes and mind… which you penned down on the paper. Do you think its just fine to write that paper and throw it off in a dustbin? Here you will say – ‘I have kept it in my diary and I hold my diary to my heart’; yes I understand that you hold it very safely, but till now how many people have commented about your words? 1- 2 – 3 or 10, that’s it? And that too were your friends, relative and your love, do you think they have given you wise comments? May be or may not be, because they are your close ones they won’t break your heart by giving comments that you won’t like to hear. But friends Internet the World Wide Web is a place where there are people who would comment your words very truly and when they like it they will recommend a friend to read it and they won’t ask you anything against it. Isn’t web a great a portal to share and publish your words? You know when you publish your words it lives more then what you would live. Publishing on a book or magazine is not a easy process and it most of the time targets the local readers only and who knows, may be in this reader also there could be thieves. Friends I wrote this article coz one of my friend who is a poet herself and publishes her words on her own site was very upset today and told me that she will be taking her site down due to the thefts of the words. And there are really many writers who either publish their word then step back and many who due to the chances of theft never publish it. Out of these hidden writers who knows, if they would have published their words, we would have got the chance to read one more writer as William Shakespeare.
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I would suggest you to not hide your words in your diaries, come up start publishing write away, don’t think what you write is good or bad, I am sure the readers of World Wide Web will decide it and surely comment your words. Take a chance to be William Shakespeare or Mirza Ghalib, at least for once. When you write your heart out, why not publish it heartily?
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About the theft of the words, we will here also talk about some tips on protecting your words and behaving with the thieves. Here are few means by which you can protect your copyrights, I have found it and gathered this out from the World Wide Web.
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First of all…What is a Copyright?
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Copyright is a protection that covers published and unpublished literary, scientific and artistic works, whatever the form of expression, provided such works are fixed in a tangible or material form. This means that if you can see it, hear it and/or touch it - it may be protected. If it is an essay, if it is a play, if it is a song, if it is a funky original dance move, if it is a photograph, HTML coding or a computer graphic that can be set on paper, recorded on tape or saved to a hard drive, it may be protected. Copyright laws grant the creator the exclusive right to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute, perform and display the work publicly. Exclusive means only the creator of such work, not anybody who has access to it and decides to grab it.
above para from : http://www.whatiscopyright.org/
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I read this some years back, I don’t remember the source website, But this I find the easiest way of protecting a writer’s copyright.
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Step By Step
Step By Step
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1. Whenever you write anything, before giving anyone to read or before publishing it, type it out in a clean neat way on a white paper with copyright symbol, date, day & your name. (i.e. © 13th April 2006 – Ritu Roy)
1. Whenever you write anything, before giving anyone to read or before publishing it, type it out in a clean neat way on a white paper with copyright symbol, date, day & your name. (i.e. © 13th April 2006 – Ritu Roy)
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2. Put this paper in a envelope (preferably brown envelope). Seal it properly and neatly. Address the envelope to yourself.
2. Put this paper in a envelope (preferably brown envelope). Seal it properly and neatly. Address the envelope to yourself.
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3. Go to a near by post office, Put a stamp as required and ask the postmaster to put a seal of date on the area from where the envelope is sealed. If he enquires do let him know that it is for copyright purpose, he will surely help you. Put it in the post box.
3. Go to a near by post office, Put a stamp as required and ask the postmaster to put a seal of date on the area from where the envelope is sealed. If he enquires do let him know that it is for copyright purpose, he will surely help you. Put it in the post box.
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4. Wait for the envelope to reach you, DO NOT OPEN IT when it reaches you. Just keep it in a safe place.
4. Wait for the envelope to reach you, DO NOT OPEN IT when it reaches you. Just keep it in a safe place.
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Now this envelope is a copyright proof to your words. Whenever you require a legal proof for your copyrights, use this. I suggest you that if you are filing a legal complain against someone for theft of your copyright open this envelope only in front of the judge or authorized registrar.
Now this envelope is a copyright proof to your words. Whenever you require a legal proof for your copyrights, use this. I suggest you that if you are filing a legal complain against someone for theft of your copyright open this envelope only in front of the judge or authorized registrar.
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Next way to protect copyrights online is, blog your poems. Before posting your article or poems on any website post it on your blog. These days there are many blog spaces available over the net. Open your free account with one of the blog space and first of all put your articles on this, a blog space shows the date and time when the article was posted. DON’T EDIT YOUR POSTS. If you edit the post the date will change to the edited day. So just keep it as a safe place of yours and do not forget to post a copyright notice that is copyright symbol, date, day and your name.
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Then let’s talk over when you find your words with different writer name on a website. Well I know there will be tears and anger in your heart, but wait don’t go emotional. Your words are yours; don’t give up by crying, fight for your precious words. In this case you should first of all write a mail to the webmaster and let him/her know about the theft of the words. If the thief himself/herself is a webmaster surely he/she won’t accept it. Then you need to give a next mail of warning to this person. If yet there is no response, talk to your fans, give them the url of the thief and let them interact with webmaster/thief. Now then you choose a way out to interact with the visitors and members of this thief site. There would surely be a way out, may be forums, yahoo or other group, guestbook, chat box. Use it and speak all your heart out and don’t forget to put a link to your original words.
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© Ritu Roy (Tuesday, 18th April 2006)
Then let’s talk over when you find your words with different writer name on a website. Well I know there will be tears and anger in your heart, but wait don’t go emotional. Your words are yours; don’t give up by crying, fight for your precious words. In this case you should first of all write a mail to the webmaster and let him/her know about the theft of the words. If the thief himself/herself is a webmaster surely he/she won’t accept it. Then you need to give a next mail of warning to this person. If yet there is no response, talk to your fans, give them the url of the thief and let them interact with webmaster/thief. Now then you choose a way out to interact with the visitors and members of this thief site. There would surely be a way out, may be forums, yahoo or other group, guestbook, chat box. Use it and speak all your heart out and don’t forget to put a link to your original words.
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© Ritu Roy (Tuesday, 18th April 2006)
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