I suspect, considering the way this poem has already proliferated online, and since the original author appears to be no longer with us, that there won't be a protest, or a problem (and I feel ethically okay with reposting the work of people who aren't around any more, and keeping their memory alive - once I'm gone, I hope people do the same for me - but do wait til I'm gone!).
On the other hand, as an artist, I'm very conscious of copyright issues, and I fully support both an artist's right to be asserted as the true author of their work, and to profit from it - because if artists (including but not limited to musicians, poets, writers, photographers, plumbers, I.T. support technicians...) can't profit from their own work, they will starve, or be crushed underneath the daily drudgery that is the day-job, and then there will be no artists. So I wanted to flag up that I am mindful of this, and remind other folks that they ought to be, too. :)
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Date: 2011-08-04 01:48 pm (UTC)On the other hand, as an artist, I'm very conscious of copyright issues, and I fully support both an artist's right to be asserted as the true author of their work, and to profit from it - because if artists (including but not limited to musicians, poets, writers, photographers, plumbers, I.T. support technicians...) can't profit from their own work, they will starve, or be crushed underneath the daily drudgery that is the day-job, and then there will be no artists. So I wanted to flag up that I am mindful of this, and remind other folks that they ought to be, too. :)