Reporting plagiarism (Help Wanted)

Actually, my poems have been posted on other websites, and I confronted the person with this letter. Edited to my liking of course.

Some do stop, some post my name under it, and some ignore it.
for those that ignore it.. you e-mail the webmaster. That takes care of it if you have proof of the date you posted it. A link to your poem here will do the trick. Unfortunately some sometimes nothing works, but it's worth a try.

I know you are asking yourselves" Who the hell want to plagiarise his poems??"

Answer: crazy people. lol

Here is what I do to look for my plagiarised poems:

Example:
go to google.com
and type:
"name of the poem" poem

my example:
"Gangster At Heart" poem

Here is a sample Cease and Desist Letter that can be edited to your liking. This letter was copied from : http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/
contract/cease.htm

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Dear [name]:

It has come to my attention that you have made an unauthorized use of my copyrighted work entitled [name of work] (the "Work") in the preparation of a work derived therefrom. I have reserved all rights in the Work, first published in [date], [and have registered copyright therein]. Your work entitled [name of infringing work] is essentially identical to the Work and clearly used the Work as its basis. [Give a few examples that illustrate direct copying.]

As you neither asked for nor received permission to use the Work as the basis for [name of infringing work] nor to make or distribute copies, including electronic copies, of same, I believe you have willfully infringed my rights under 17 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq. and could be liable for statutory damages as high as $150,000 as set forth in Section 504(c)(2) therein.

I demand that you immediately cease the use and distribution of all infringing works derived from the Work, and all copies, including electronic copies, of same, that you deliver to me, if applicable, all unused, undistributed copies of same, or destroy such copies immediately and that you desist from this or any other infringement of my rights in the future. If I have not received an affirmative response from you by [date give them about 2 weeks] indicating that you have fully complied with these requirements, I shall take further action against you.

Very truly yours,

THE PLAGIARISM POLICE ARE BACK!

and then we should throw rocks at them. sharp rocks of poetic fury.

Detective SLuvy you are sooooo evil - I love it ;o)

Public shame is always the key he he he!

Throwing rocks sounds fun =D Taha..

I agree 100%.

But there should be proof before you ban them, because a lot of people from myspace, xanga, etc. steal poems from this site.

True

I don't delete poems unless I have proof. People who flag copyright violations should do their best to provide proof so that the mods don't have to do as much work researching

Brief note:

Submission note #3:

Do NOT write in the TITLE of your poems requests for COMMENTS and/or VOTES. Do NOT use any SPECIAL CHARACTERS to make your title stand out.

If the poem says something like "Do not read" or "randompoet cannot read this", that does not violate rule 3.

and then we should throw rocks at them. sharp rocks of poetic fury.
^^^^^
Hahahahaha....Amen!