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2005 : October Issue 2
October 2005 Newsletter #2R-e-s-p-e-c-t for a Creator's Copyright"Gold nuggets often emerge from the raw material of words." In This Issue
October 2005 Journal by Chris Dunmire Soapbox: I Know You Like Our Stuff, But Every so often this bears repeating to new CP visitors and to those who don't realize that copying and republishing someone else's
work from one Web site to another Web site or Blog (or anywhere else) without an author's express permission is an act of copyright
infringement. It is indeed a big deal to those who are bound by freelance agreements and to those who don't want their creative
efforts to get diluted by online It's simple: Don't take and reprint other people's work without their permission. It doesn't matter if it's just going in your
personal Blog or on a discussion board either. Fair use and crediting a source is okay. Republishing an entire article People who honor intellectual copyright laws have my respect. However, if you are among those who have been copying and pasting
entire projects and articles from the Creativity Portal onto other Web sites or Blogs, please stop it and promptly remove them from
your Web I also invite you to become more familiar with what copyright means, and read my follow-up thoughts here:
Respect the By the way, when I find instances of this happening, I take action. I'd much rather spend my time creating more great content
for the Creativity-Coach-in-Training Update Thank you again to all of you who showed interest in working with me as a client while I pursue my training under The good news is that most of you followed the advice in my response letter and are included in the official client pool for all
coaches in training. By next week those of you who are paired up with a coach should be hearing something through e-mail. If it's
not me, it will be someone else just as willing to help you succeed. I know this because I've already met the other coaches, and
they are an Chris Dunmire What's New @ the CP Cartoony Lesson: How to Draw a Pumpkin Scrapbooking: Making Paper Curiousity, da Vinci Style Wheel-Thrown Pottery: Tips for a Novice Plus: New Pottery and Ceramics Resources Finding Balance 5-Minute Muse: Creativity for Busy People Chapbooks Create Publishing Opportunities: |