two good reasons for copyright protection June 5, 2007: Here’s a new ad campaign by Home Depot. Scene opens on a suburban woman in khaki shorts and a summer hat, the sun hitting her muddy calves, making them sparkle as she walks through a manicured backyard: “I have done it again. One year in every ten I manage it-- A sort of walking miracle, my skin bright as a Home Depot lampshade.” Male Voice [...] by Jeffrey McDaniel

Don’t be jealous. June 5, 2007: I have partied with Emily Warn. I can die now. by Patricia Smith

On Responsible Appropriation June 4, 2007: Patricia, It's all too easy to understand the fact that you felt violated by the uncredited appropriation of your poem by another person. You created it, most likely gave it away with an open heart, only later to find that you were written out of the equation. There is no justification for his actions. Copping another poet's words without it being [...] by Kenneth Goldsmith

First of all, copyright. June 4, 2007: I've had a poem stolen. Imagine my surprise when a friend mailed me a copy of one of my poems with somebody else's name on it. The scoundrel, a student at a middlin' Midwestern college, was in his creative writing classes passing off the work as his own in workshopping sessions. After receiving accolades for the piece (but of course), he adamantly [...] by Patricia Smith

Copyright Discussion June 3, 2007: From the lengthy copyright discussion going on, now brought above the fold. Please feel free to chime in. Emily Warn wrote: For obvious reasons, we have to be street-legal for all poems that appear on poetryfoundation.org. This means that we generate a contract for every poem in our archive that is not in the public domain. Imagine the faxing, [...] by Kenneth Goldsmith