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After someone is caught charming the public with plagiarized works of music or poetry or comedy or opinion, or cartoonery, then, at the very least, no one should ever trust that person on a public stage again. We open our hearts and our wallets for such works, and we do not want that happening by any damned deception. We want to feel good and secure about rewarding our favourite authors for their pains when we're celebrating and buying their work. We want to celebrate the beauty of the work, not fucking profits. So why are criminals who were caught plagiarizing my works still appearing on magazine covers and billboards? Why are they getting a second and third chance after their crimes with my songs and blogs? What are they telling the public to contradict my truth and enable their illusion of legitimacy? Or is it just because the news won't admit these crimes and prosecutions of stars with my work? But some of you out there have been reading my blogs since 1999. Look, I'm still here, still saying the same thing after almost twenty years online. Truth never changes. Since then, the news has contradicted itself at least four times on the issue of my ownership, hasn't it? You can't blame me for protesting events and promotions for people who were caught stealing my music or poetry or comedy. Such filthy crimes as theirs are expected to destroy their careers upon becoming public knowledge. So by keeping such offenders on a public stage, it stands to bring further harm to their victim. It makes me look suspicious. And it gives them the further opportunity to rob my blogs so they can 'look like' the ones who write the new things, while I'm busy making video after video of YouTube sponsors getting ripped off with my videos in the hands of web frauds. Are the cops and lawyers content with this? Because I have spent a lot of time trying to bring it directly to their attention, year after year, unsuccessfully, it seems. And that's why I get grouchy sometimes. With that last tune I shared on YouTube, Close Rendezvous, when I first shared it as Grand Rendezvous in 2007, did its abductors gang up on me for another 'collaboration'? It was such a long time ago, but I vaguely recall the name of a monumental poet on just such a song. At the time, I was almost flattered, because I thought the band that stole it was 'using' him, not just to intimidate me, but possibly to explain the suddenly improved quality of their lyrics at that time. But after seeing other icons like Jagger and Cohen appearing all alone with my music or poetry, I'm not so sure anymore. I'm, of course, less offended by violations from authors who influenced my own work. At least I got something from them before they ripped me off. But the bottom line is that you shouldn't take what isn't yours - never mind who influenced it. A good creative author injects himself into his writing, whatever its inspirational source. And so, I'll just have to keep writing until I have filled in the void left behind by their banishment from my mind with my own faithful works. Below is another of my blogs for which I recently received a subscription notice, my lyrics index. That sure is a lot of music to lie to the world about, eh? Hours and hours. The broadcasters don't think so. Nor does the offender who sent me the notice. So, is it all still there from my 'songs' link at the bottom of this post? And will I have to post this page again at some future date? What about yesterday's and the day-before's? Will I have to post them again and ask my readers check them against |
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Favour Among Thieves
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