Well, we used to 'quote' with quotation marks or italics, etc. But I
know I sometimes 'utilize' phrases, but also assume they'll be seen as
such.
'sampling' is a useful term sometimes, & in poetry & song, perhaps,
there's more reason to do something like that. in narrative
(description) perhaps there are more problems associated with the
practice.
& although I'm not good at it, where does parody lie in this practice?
& on the other hand, what impression I got of the book left me cold
anyway....
Doug
On 19-Feb-10, at 6:28 PM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> As a test, take any poem you have written, put one line of it into
> Google search and see from how many people from whom you have
> 'lifted.' Words are still, thank goodness, public property, tho
> everyone from Monsanto on out are not doubt trying to claim
> ownership of words, phrases and maybe even Church prayers. Which is
> not to say someone has the right to put their names on our poems
> or ??? Yes, it is an enigma!
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