That a poet who publishes his work cannot be copyrighted.

Now I ain't sure if it's like that everywhere? But I know in
New-Brunswick Canada it's like that and well I have to find out about
Nova Scotia.

My second question: Why is it that other artistic venues in the
literature world such as songwriter can be copyrighted while others are
not?

I know songs that are only a few lines long.. ha...cheers!

I would gladly share my writings and I mean the point of publishing is
to share with others, but doesn't copyright protect you from a lot as
well?

My question arises as I am helping someone publish a poem novel and well
as per the information we received poems are not copyrighted.

Now how about if we mailed the original and kept it intact but used the
copy to work with? wouldn't the mailed copy count as a copyrighted poem
and well if needs arises where you need to debate well you have the
original copy dated and delivered to yourself and left unopened of
course to keep it copyrighted! I thought I had heard that somewhere....

And well the poet is my dad...will let you all know how it turns out!

Aria

A mailed-to-self copy is known as a "poor man's copyright". It's a
legal way to prove you came up with it first- which means you can sue
the hell outa anyone who tries to copy it as their own. To the tune of
far more than most written works will ever be worth.


And a singular poem cannot be legally copyrighted because of its size.
A song can- but not the lyrics alone. Songs are protectable based on the
music alone. You could write a 30-second jingle and copyright THAT. But
not the lyrics of a short poem. I did not invent these rules.

An "epic poem" can be legally protected. As can a "collected works"
series. And if you include a poem as part of a larger story, that can be
copyrighted. It all gets painfully complicated and I can only give a
layover review.

Wow ! nice!

Thank you so much...I was hoping this site would give me some
interesting minds!

Of course. I'm not sure what the laws are where you live. But
considering the same copyrights are respected by the US, that European
Alliance thing, and most of the rest of the industrialized world- I'm
going to assume Canada's laws are more or less the same.

another way of poor mans copy write is to send it to yaself in a email

then save it in a draft

also in other ways ya recieve emails...all have drafts


also down load microsoft word n save it there

save it in many places so incase ya pc goes down ya got it stamped n
dated


i myself dont care if someone sings one of my songs...i just enjoy
hearin it

Carl Perkins once said..if ya in it for the money then ya it in for the
wrong reason...smiles is worth more then money,,if ya can get a smile
from someone hearin ya song its all worth it


party on...

May your music always live 2step!

Bless you!

ty sug


for ya






party on...