this is why i havent posted poems yet...

about 30% of the poems in under "love and romance" are plaguerized (sp? sry..), i've gotten a bunch of them in emails & i dont want my poems to end up like that, all over the internet. anyone could post it and put the copyright thing..which isnt fair. we need it to be more secure if possible..

The thing with plagiarisers, is they only steal 'good' work. So they must decide if your poetry is worth plagiarising. I doubt it is (just my opinion). Why copy crappy writing? I could be very wrong, but seeing as you have not posted anything, I seriously doubt I am.

agreed! =o) A lot of the poems on here ARE crap! Even mine...lol

I have never plagerised any writings, but does that mean my poems are crap?

Granted some are s****y, I admitt, but some are good, too. The only way to improve your writings is to get honest feedback.

Honestly, I haven't gotten that many "honest" feedbacks, instead I get a lot of good jobs.... mmmm... at least on this site. But I have grown as a writer and will continue to do so.

Sorry, off topic again I am bad about that.

Basically the only way to stand against plagerism is to continue posting and growing. The low lifes that steal our work will be caught if everyone just keeps their eyes open.

Don't let 30% of dirtbags ruin 70% of honest writing.

--Sher

It's the GOOD and TALENTED poets who need to worry about their work being stolen, not 98% of the poets on this site.

I bet you'll be safe.

K¤Kinetically Obstinate: I agree with your first statement....

but there is much more than 2% of poets plagiarized on this site....

all must keep a watchful eye... for you never know who will copy what work

Poor excuse...

I was being sardonic when I said "98%."

And my name is Kaitlin or Kristina, just so you dont have to respond to me by copy and pasting :)

The good poets' work is much more likely to get stolen than mediocre work. That's all.

Yes agreed....

but there are some very stupid plagiarizers out there who will steal anything they can get their hands on...

the type of work stolen depends on the type of thief...

Granted.

Hmm, sadly I have seen two of my poems already stolen and shoved on other sites... which makes me mad, other people get credit... I'll tell you what, he makes money off it and his head will be the star of my new poem :)

david

I dont think that a poem of mine has been stolen. Maybe I'm a lucky one :)

I would think mostly the reason you haven`t posted anything is because you cannot write anything worth posting....blah blah blah.....anyone else tired of this stupid boo-hoooing? TS

Me too Tommy LMAO :OD