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Statement On Intellectual Property

To All Visitors of Poem Online:

We hope you enjoy the poetry, prose and artwork posted on our forums by Poem Online Members. Work posted on the forums is not part of the public domain, nor have any copyrights been transferred to Poem Online.

Each individual posting of poetry, artwork, prose, etc. by a Poem Online Member is the property of that author or artist, and, as such, that member is the legal copyright holder and the only party able to grant permission for work to be reproduced in any manner.

If you desire to reproduce, publish, post, etc. any works found on this site, you must contact the author or artist and obtain his or her permission and terms of use.

Poem Online will display works by Poem Online members for the purpose of critique and commentary on those works. Poem Online will use social bookmarking tools to bring awareness to the members works such as; Facebook, Twitter, Adthis, e.t.c. Poem Online uses RSS feeds ( a common practice on most modern forums). Poem Online will never sell for profit any works posted by members. Poem Online displays banner ads to pay for the operation cost of the website.

In regards to all postings on Poem Online forums, including informational and discussion type posts such as critique, discussion, reviews and recommendations, etc., Poem Online does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information presented. Opinion and information in the messages on this site's forums express the views of individual members, and not necessarily the views of Poem Online Poetry Communities.

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The Poem Online Staff