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		<title>By: SOPA, PIPA, and the Battle of Money &#171; Word of Pie</title>
		<link>http://wordofpie.com/2008/01/30/fair-use-and-original-thought/#comment-45081</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SOPA, PIPA, and the Battle of Money &#171; Word of Pie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] few years ago, I found a person blatantly copying my posts, and those of fellow Content Management bloggers, and marketing it as their own. I was upset. I [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] few years ago, I found a person blatantly copying my posts, and those of fellow Content Management bloggers, and marketing it as their own. I was upset. I [...]</p>
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		<title>By: AIIM with Pie &#124; MarkjOwen&#039;s Blog</title>
		<link>http://wordofpie.com/2008/01/30/fair-use-and-original-thought/#comment-44654</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AIIM with Pie &#124; MarkjOwen&#039;s Blog]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Obviously I was not the only one who thought that Laurence wrote some good shit. As well as having, what must be, thousands of readers, in 2008, he was the victim of plagiarism. [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Obviously I was not the only one who thought that Laurence wrote some good shit. As well as having, what must be, thousands of readers, in 2008, he was the victim of plagiarism. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Pie</title>
		<link>http://wordofpie.com/2008/01/30/fair-use-and-original-thought/#comment-3033</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Considering the length, 300+ pages, and the fact that I&#039;m not actually in the legal profession, I&#039;ll stick with no.  However, I was pretty sure my stuff was already protected as I stated early in the post (&lt;i&gt;and I believe a violation of copyright laws.&lt;/i&gt;).

After scanning the document, it doesn&#039;t explicitly mention anything similar to blogs.  My blog is not a literary work.  Also, whether or not it is &quot;fixed&quot; is highly debatable.

In fact, looking on the site you provided, it looks like my stuff is not copyrighted by default.  The list of &quot;fixed&quot; formats leaves me in the dark.  Check &lt;a href=&#039;http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ66.html&#039; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Circular 66&lt;/a&gt;.

My policy has two purposes:

1) To tell others that this stuff is protected.
2) Let them know when it is okay for them to re-use it in a limited fashion without having to check with me.

So &quot;ab&quot;, my question to you is, &quot;Have YOU read the copyright laws?&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Considering the length, 300+ pages, and the fact that I&#8217;m not actually in the legal profession, I&#8217;ll stick with no.  However, I was pretty sure my stuff was already protected as I stated early in the post (<i>and I believe a violation of copyright laws.</i>).</p>
<p>After scanning the document, it doesn&#8217;t explicitly mention anything similar to blogs.  My blog is not a literary work.  Also, whether or not it is &#8220;fixed&#8221; is highly debatable.</p>
<p>In fact, looking on the site you provided, it looks like my stuff is not copyrighted by default.  The list of &#8220;fixed&#8221; formats leaves me in the dark.  Check <a href='http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ66.html' rel="nofollow">Circular 66</a>.</p>
<p>My policy has two purposes:</p>
<p>1) To tell others that this stuff is protected.<br />
2) Let them know when it is okay for them to re-use it in a limited fashion without having to check with me.</p>
<p>So &#8220;ab&#8221;, my question to you is, &#8220;Have YOU read the copyright laws?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: ab</title>
		<link>http://wordofpie.com/2008/01/30/fair-use-and-original-thought/#comment-3032</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just found this posting through research for my job, but have any of you ever READ the copyright laws???? http://www.copyright.gov/title17/circ92.pdf

It clearly states that even if you don&#039;t post a copyright, it is still protected by the law. Read it, post it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just found this posting through research for my job, but have any of you ever READ the copyright laws???? <a href="http://www.copyright.gov/title17/circ92.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.copyright.gov/title17/circ92.pdf</a></p>
<p>It clearly states that even if you don&#8217;t post a copyright, it is still protected by the law. Read it, post it.</p>
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		<title>By: ldallas</title>
		<link>http://wordofpie.com/2008/01/30/fair-use-and-original-thought/#comment-2904</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ldallas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pie, 
Thank you for highlighting this. I am new to this sort of thing and I honestly never thought that copyright would have been necessary. Honor among thieves and all that.  

The quality of information and the dialog you generate has been a great help. keep up the good work and please continue to challenge originality. For myself, I&#039;m at an age where I tend to forget where I first heard things and sometimes it&#039;s good to be reminded to clearly cite sources even when the writing is fresh.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pie,<br />
Thank you for highlighting this. I am new to this sort of thing and I honestly never thought that copyright would have been necessary. Honor among thieves and all that.  </p>
<p>The quality of information and the dialog you generate has been a great help. keep up the good work and please continue to challenge originality. For myself, I&#8217;m at an age where I tend to forget where I first heard things and sometimes it&#8217;s good to be reminded to clearly cite sources even when the writing is fresh.</p>
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		<title>By: ajithprabhakar</title>
		<link>http://wordofpie.com/2008/01/30/fair-use-and-original-thought/#comment-2896</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Pie, 
Thanks for bringing this to my notice, When you send me the link i thought its my own blog and how come my formatting has changed and later realized that it was a copycat. I mailed him yesterday itself and guess what today morning when i tried the same URL I got a 404 !!! :-) 

Sorry for the one liner mail yesterday, I Didn&#039;t realize that it was you.  I have to admit that you are one among the few who inspired me to start blogging 

I am also adding copyright info to my blog.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Pie,<br />
Thanks for bringing this to my notice, When you send me the link i thought its my own blog and how come my formatting has changed and later realized that it was a copycat. I mailed him yesterday itself and guess what today morning when i tried the same URL I got a 404 !!! <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  </p>
<p>Sorry for the one liner mail yesterday, I Didn&#8217;t realize that it was you.  I have to admit that you are one among the few who inspired me to start blogging </p>
<p>I am also adding copyright info to my blog.</p>
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		<title>By: Jed</title>
		<link>http://wordofpie.com/2008/01/30/fair-use-and-original-thought/#comment-2895</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pie old chap, I was possibly naively shocked by your posting and have since added a Creative Commons licence to my own blog !]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pie old chap, I was possibly naively shocked by your posting and have since added a Creative Commons licence to my own blog !</p>
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