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We here at Poemsby.com hope you enjoy your time with us.
We ask you to follow a few steps to insure your stay with us is  a joyful experience.
In hopes you well return with thoughts to share, or even to share the site with others.
To reassure you that all contents posted on this site are the property of the author only.
We are not and will not use them for anything beyond this site.
We made this site for people that love to read or write to come and ponder their thoughts.
For all member's and guests your words and responsibility for
them are solely owned by you the  author  and not Poemsby.com.

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Rules and Guidelines
As poets, we abhor rules, but for your safety and ours too,
please follow these few steps:

  1.    Please do not copy any of the poems as they are copyrighted.
    2.    Please use a good format when typing them.
    3.    Please do not use profanity in your writings.
    4.    If you have something to say about poems, then say it
           with out being  vulgar, crude     or mean.
    5.    Within the general rules of poetic license, please consider the
            correct use of grammar, capitalization, punctuation and  spelling.
    6.    ChecK out Snow Angel's writing as an example.

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Privacy
Be assured that we will respect your privacy.
We ask for your email address in order for you to retrieve lost and forgotten passwords.
We will not sell or give your email address to anyone for spam or advertising.
You may receive an email from us just to announce exciting new happenings on the site
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Rights
We do take the right to change anything that is not appropriate for this site.
We have children that will visit and need to be mindful of their impressionistic natures.
We also reserve the right to fix any typing errors to keep the format professional looking.
We may also relocate the entries to another category where they fit better.
If you have concerns about any of the above, please check with the site editor/monitor before posting.

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            Copyright ©     What is Copyright?     Copyright ©
    Copyright is a form of protection provided to authors of  "original works of authorship,"
    including literary, artistic and dramatic works, musical compositions and other creations
    to any idea, procedure, process, method, system, discovery, name, slogan or title.

        Copyright protection gives the author the exclusive right to exercise or control the following rights:
    - to reproduce copies of the original work -
    - to distribute copies of the work, by sale,  transfer, licensing or lending and on theinternet-
    - to publicly perform or display the copyrighted work -
    - to prevent the intentional modification, distortion or or mutilation of any work  of the
      visual arts that would harm the artist's reputation or honor and to prevent the destruction of a
      well recognized and  protected work -

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What Can Be Protected?
Literary works, Visual Artworks, Performing Artworks, Sound Recordings and Serials.

Literary works normally includes:  fiction, non-fiction, poetry, prose, textbooks,
cookbooks, catalogs, ad copy, speeches, software codes  and computer programs.

Visual Arts includes paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture, maps, graphic designs,
art reproductions, cartoons, unique package designs, technical drawings and
architectural works.

Performing Arts includes musical compositions, dramatic works, scripts,
choreography, motion pictures, and other multimedia or audiovisual works.

Sound Recording protection should be used to protect published and unpublished
recordings of musical,
dramatic, or literary works to protect the sound recording itself, in addition to any
copyright in the underlying  works.

Serials are literary works published in a series of installments, such as magazines,
newspapers bulletins, journals and digests.

Web sites  and software can be eligible for copyrights