Courtesy (through asking) and attribution would be enough for me -
although I'd never object to financial recognition.
> Ha Jon
>
> I tend to agree with most of your points (because I too am not a
> famous poet I guess), but, yeah, surely this is a point of contention.
> If anyone is going to use our poems, especially if they do so in order
> to say they like them, surely the least they could do, is name the
> author.
>
> But suing is best left to the millionaire poets....
>
> Doug
> On 13-Dec-07, at 5:49 PM, Jon Corelis wrote:
>
>> One thing that does bother me is that I've found one or two web sites
>> that have appropriated my copyrighted verse translations without
>> attribution. These sites, of course, include no contact information
>> to complain to. I suppose I could sue them, but the costs of tracking
>> them down and getting a lawyer would almost certainly be a very high
>> multiple of any award I could get, so I've decided not to bother. I'd
>> be interested to know, though, if anyone else has done anything like
>> this.
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