Question for ya: if someone posts a piece of fiction on the web, isn’t it then in the public and can be ‘borrowed’ without attribution? ... I ask because I had a story posted through RJayneJ for a freerepublic fundraiser and a writer for Law & Order: SVU used it, with minor modification, for a story aired on that show. I was never asked for permission or given any attribution.
excellent question. I would not post stories that I wanted to try and sell someday. On the other hand there are a lot of copyrighted articles online that you aren’t legally supposed to copy.But since we can’t afford lawyers...
I did make the ‘story board’ section only visible to members and I have only posted excerpts so far. It being less than a day old, thats not saying much.
I want my site to be a place where conservative fiction writers can help each other out. I definitely need some members who could drop by once in a while.
That would be an excellent question to have the answer to. Can it still be legally protected if its posted online? A lot of media outlets seem to think so. I would love to post the answer at my new site too, so I can always say I warned them.