Don't you feel uncomfortable about Shared Work?

by T. O. Bührer
19th March 2012

I don't know about you, but I think I'll never feel secure about sharing my work (even here at W&A).

What's your opinion about sharing your projects in our community and also on internet?

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I said the same thing not that long ago. I totally get where you are coming from, I was once a member of another site that shared writing and a girl wrote an amazing story and it was copied.

I'm not saying that the pepole who post things online aren't cautious enough, its just that I personally am a very scared of the 'its not safe, someone will steal it' thing

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If you are worried about plagiarism, you are just as likely to get plagiarised from a published book than anything you post on-line. Anyway, the law states that the moment your words hit the page, you have copy right.

Also, your work is going to get read one day, if not on-line by fellow writers, then by the millions of readers you hope to sell to!

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If you're worried about plagiarism, your work can just as easily be plagiarised from a published work. The law states that the moment you commit your words to paper (or electronic device such as the internet or whatever), it is YOURS. Your retain copy write.

Also, your work has to be read some day. If not on-line by fellow writers, what about all those millions of readers you want to sell your book to?!

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