Comments on: “The nastiest copyright notice ever written”

By: OBQuiet

OBQuiet — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:45:00 +0000

It is all a clever ploy!

I plans to sue folks for publishing his copyright notice without paying him royalties.

By: mojo

mojo — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:49:57 +0000

Guy has an awfully weird concept of “fair use”, not least of which is that he seems to think it requires his permission.

By: Melvin H.

Melvin H. — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:08:13 +0000

Evidently the author of the nastygram never heard of the “Streisand effect”; even though that applied to photographs, it can apply also to the written word…!

By: Smart Dude

Smart Dude — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:36:28 +0000

Everyone seems to miss the point.

This copyright nastgram is a valuable public service to protect the unwary public from the worst drivel they will ever read and the morons who actually follow this detritus.

By: Max Kennerly

Max Kennerly — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:55:14 +0000

Ah, yes, that one’s quite famous — type “Paul Zukofsky” and then press space: Google Suggest will suggest to you the search “Paul Zukofsky copyright” yielding a whopping 105,000 hits. The internet was not kind to Zukofsky when his narrow views on “fair use” became widely known.

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“The nastiest copyright notice ever written” — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:27:27 +0000

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By: CWTyger

CWTyger — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:55:51 +0000

All I got out of this was “Hello, you may not quote from this unknown guy without giving me remuneration, especially not on-line, and here’s a quote from LBJ to support my stance (which I probably did not give his estate remuneration for and I am posting on-line).” Possible hypocrisy there?

By: Eric Howard

Eric Howard — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:50:54 +0000

I tried to read “A,” the big long masterpiece imitation of Pound’s Cantos. For the most part, it’s terrible and very dull.

By: OBQuiet

OBQuiet — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:01:33 +0000

Difster,

With an attitude like that letter shows, I suspect fewer and fewer people will hear of him as well.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:32:25 +0000

This letter may, however, be a great marketing ploy! As one who’d never heard of Zukofsky, this post and its links brought him to my attention. Having read excerpts, there’s no way I can quote him within fair use bounds as they prove execrable. Perhaps if I decide to write about bad American poetry I could do a line-by-line critique–all within fair use. It’s not worth the effort, though.