On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 4:00:19 PM UTC-4, Peter J Ross wrote:
>
> your claim that you didn't often
> post about Michael Cook.
I only post about Michael D. Cook when the subject of copyright abuse, poetry theft and plagiarism come up, since he's the best example of that type of criminal who has posted on alt.arts.poetry.comments.
A quick recap of the "Karma Bombs" story, for newcomers who may have missed it...
http://alt.mailarchive.ca/arts.poetry.comments/2010-11/0217.html
> Michael Cook stole my poem "Karma Bombs", made a word-
> for-word recording of it (this time I use that term %100 correctly,
> Karla), as Cook stole my poem, didn't change a word of it, but managed
> to leave any credit off his version to me as the writer of the poem
> (as well as the owner, who he never asked my permission to use the
> poem, either).
>
> These facts make Michael Cook a copyright abuser, poetry thief and
> plagiarist, but since he gave the recording to me to use, and backed
> off, it is indeed "over and done with" because I want it to be. I own
> the rights, and also have the right to choose what is done with my
> property, the "Karma Bombs" poem.
>
> What Cook did was "take" and "steal"--- and Karla, the
> roots of the term "borrowed" is here, as Cook responded that's what he
> had done when:
>
> Dockery: "Hey! You stole my poem!"
>
> Cook: "Not stolen, borrowed."
>
> Since the "Karma Bombs"
> poem was stolen by Cook in the first place, he had no rights to it at
> all, and was not authorized to give "permission" as to the use of my
> poem in any way.
"We know."
:D