Subject: Re: Web publishing, Whitman, the Dead
From: Lisa M. Rabey (lisar@net-link.net)
Date: Sat May 17 1997 - 15:38:17 GMT
I do apologize about posting this so late. Gernally, as a rule, I do not
respond to anything that is quit old (such as this) because the topic would
have been done with. But I have an excuse! I just moved 2500 miles to the
west coast, and my comp arrived with all my mail! I did have mail access in
the interim, but this letter was sitting on my machine.. ;)
At 09:48 AM 5/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Malcolm wrote:
>I'm going to have
>>over 500 pages of content (so far I have about 250 pages of HTML done)
>>which will include everything from my first novel (all 214 pages of it) to
>>100 pages of poetry, essays, plays, songs, film critiques, interviews...all
>>my writing basically, as well as five photographic exhibits. I want it to
>>be an evolving cornucopia of my work over the years as well as a bin for
>>future things that I do.
>
>I'm wondering what your thoughts are as far as the control you'll have over
>netpublished stuff and the copywrite complications of the web. Are you at
>all worried about plagiarism? I ask (among other reasons) because I've
>finally decided to actually do something semi-substantial with that address
>at the bottom of all my posts, and I've been feeling a little unsure of the
>wisdom of publishing my fiction on the web. I am, however, bursting to put
>on display my letter to the Selective Service System which I sent them along
>with my (grudging) registration upon turning 18. (But that's a whole other
>story, and my qualms with the gov't are a bit of a digression).
I wanted to respond to this because I have been posting my stuff (fiction,
essays, whatnot) for close to three years on-line. I have been, and still
am, a bit unsure if my 'things' are being swiped for collegiate use. I
have been paranoid that someone is going to go running around claiming
something of mine is theirs, when I know its not. But how do you KNOW that
someone didn't swipe it? The problem is, you don't. But the one thing I
have noticed in the on-line community, is that many people are quit
respectful fo what is put on-line. One of the hardest things I have
noticed is that actually updating said pages. While the main text of my
work remains unchange the book covering (if you will) changes every few
months. Then there is all the neato stuff I keep finding that I wrote that
I want to go upline, but yet don't have the time to do it.
So in essence, I would say, just 'do it', and put it up there. You might be
surprized of what happens when you do (ie, regards to people liking or
disliking your work).
ttfn.
Lisa
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