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| Writer's Workshop; And how! | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 4 2008, 09:29 PM (77 Views) | |
| NeedyNeedles | Nov 4 2008, 09:29 PM Post #1 |
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Lately I've been thinking that a site where people can post stuff they've written and get comments on it would be an interesting idea. I know basic web coding and design, and if I'm lazy enough I can probably base it off of a BBS like this. Of course, I'd probably need a ridiculously complex document that states the obvious illegality and wrongness of stealing another person's work, etc., etc., but since I have yet to find a site like it I think it might be a decent idea, on a small scale. I dunno. What do you guys think. |
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| Ozmodious | Nov 8 2008, 11:17 AM Post #2 |
Ignorance Is Bliss.
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You don't need to go through that bullshit. Though giving a brief explanation for what I'm about to tell you about copyright would probably be a good decision. So ever since you posted this I've been trying to track down where I read this thing about something called the Berne Convention was held that updated copyright laws. Since I've been trying to get stuff published in magazines and what not, I've had to give a lot this stuff a once over so I know what to expect when I form contracts and other such things with publishers. Essentially the convention stated that any of your work that is put in tangible form is considered yours and copyrighted the moment that happens. That copyright is supposed to last 50+ years alone. Now, since I'm trying to dig up most of what I had read, I know that the U.S. is one of many countries that are sanctioned under the Berne Copyright. I apologize that I can't give you more, but it's been awhile. Do some research on the Berne Convention and try and learn more. But, what I'm basically telling you is that there is no need to get your work registered with copyrighting or do that by-mail-poor-man's-copyright crap. Your work is yours the moment you put it on paper, text, or some other tangible form. Anybody whose paranoid enough to think their work will be stolen right out of the gate without even having a reputation or name for himself to begin with is going to find themselves on the raw side of the writing world. |
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| NeedyNeedles | Nov 9 2008, 11:20 PM Post #3 |
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Right. What I meant was a Privacy and Copyright Policy, like Deviant Art's. If people are going to share their work, I want them to at least feel like they're protected in some way or another. http://about.deviantart.com/policy/copyright/ Even if it isn't necessary, frankly, I'd like to have one. Too many lawsuit-happy folk running around these days. |
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| Bloody_Shake135 | Nov 11 2008, 06:48 AM Post #4 |
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It's an old site, but if your looking for a place to post writing then just use Xanga. http://www.xanga.com/? I used to back when I was a much more serious writer. Edit- http://www.xanga.com/Bloody_Shake135/weblogpreview Anything before 2007 is complete shit. Although I can't say anything after that is any better. Edited by Bloody_Shake135, Dec 2 2008, 12:49 AM.
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