Copy and paste
Copy and paste
A Poem by Coyote Poetry
Can you truly protect your words and art.
New world my brothers and sisters writers and artist.
Computers are running the world.
Are the words and artwork secure and safe?
No.
I do like the Bob Dylan quote.
“If you are going to steal my work. Please re-write it better.”
I read the ancient writers. I will borrow a phrase to expand my thoughts
and poetry. By reading one book weekly for most of my life. I have learn.
Every words had been written by someone or somewhere in time.
We need to protect our work. Each of us with different thoughts and views.
I like the reader from other countries beside the USA. They tell stories and legends
of old places. I believe we need to write to expand knowledge and teach.
I’m not offended by reading or hearing my work being spoke and sang.
At least someone thought I was worthwhile to repeat.
Copy and paste. Today many sites are allowed to re-blog your work.
I’m honored when someone re-blog my work. Allowed my words to be expanded.
I do re-blog words and art that is powerful, beautiful and had purpose.
Always give credit to the artist or painter.
I have been asked often this week. How do you expand your poetry and artwork
to more people. Easy answer. Network, network and network some more. Easy to receive
help if you are kind and read and review others. Respect and friendship is earned.
I recommend back-up with paper and disc. Leave record of the birth of words or art.
Use the copyright laws to your advantage.
I like what Dryden wanted. He wanted writers to write. Write, write and write some more.
Write about love and hate. Pain and pleasure. War and peace. God and the devil.
Make the tire mind of the reader come alive and take the them to better places.
Words need to dance and sing. Artwork need to make the eyes grasp beauty, sadness and places.
“Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.”
Thank you for reading. Writer write. Dreamer dream. We must travel, test life and have fun.
A artist must know the sweetness and the dirtiness of real life to create.
Coyote/John Castellenas
An edifying post John. There is always something one learns from your posts. Well done! Keep shining!
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Agree with you. Don’t mind being the cause of inspiration, but don’t take my words and photographs and make it your own… Unfortunately, there’s people out there that do it all the time… But! karma is a bitch….
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I agree. I always ask to post art. Art is something made by hands and mind. I give credit when I use. I have 20 books of my travels. I use my photos. They are very old. Words and art need to be spread and expanded. I believe goal of writers and artist. To show the world a better place than where we are.
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Love this post – thanks for sharing it with your fellow writers, dreamers, poets and readers.
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Thank you for reading and the comment. We must keep dreaming and the hope alive.
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Hmmm… the US Copyright office and their fees… I do not believe that it is necessary to register one’s work with the office in order to be able to take someone who disrespects copyright to court, or to ask them, at least, to cease and desist. The trick nowadays is to actually locate plagiarizers—over one billion new web pages are created daily is my understanding. I use a Creative Commons license to “protect” my work, and I’m under no illusions that it fully can be protected. I think that’s the trade-off for being able to publish without a publisher, being able to share one’s work even if no one is willing to invest the money needed to print and market a book. Since I’ve never had that level of support for my work, yet I still think that what I write is well worth sharing, I accept that trade-off. I’d rather speak than be silenced by fear of another’s disrespect.
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Well said, John Coyote! I also love the Kahlil Gibran quote… time for some copy and paste work. ; )
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Kahlil was a wise and good man. Thank you for reading and the comment.
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I’m interested now in finding out more about him. Thanks again for sharing that quote.
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He is one of the world great Poets. I have his collection above me. You will fall in love with his words and thoughts.
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Well said my brother! Before I began sharing on line or really sharing at all, when the idea hit me, over a six month period I sent 39 different manuscripts of about 60 poems apiece to the US Copyright office, so that a least there would be a record of it all. Our blogs are records of it and are dated also. I put my wife and daughters on those copyrighted already, and hopefully my kids will do it for their kids also, and pass it down. Because we write so much John that it is and becomes a full time job also, just like sharing our blogs and answering comments , our comment and anyone else’s may be a famous quote one day…who knows. People can try to mimic your style but there is only one John Coyote, and your DNA, your creative genius, can never be duplicated in the exact same way and spirit. Wonderful post my brother. It costs 36.00 to send a bunch of poems to be copyrighted. The next ones I send will be larger in number included in one manuscript. God bless my friend!
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Wise words, great post. Thank you. Susan x
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Thank you Susan. I learn when I was station in California. People you befriended. Would help you. A kind woman in Monterey show me how to get published and meet other talented writers in 1991-1993.
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You obviously worked hard John and earned the respect of the lady in Monetery. Would that I could in Australia 🙂
Susan x
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I ‘ve learned them both at war
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At war. You learn Copy and paste. Hard new world for music, books and art. I miss the days of hard cover books and holding a cassette in hand.
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