From a spokesperson for the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation regarding Poetree.coop being shut down (via Seth Godin):
“We applaud the work of the FBI in shutting down this travesty of copyright. If we want great poetry, America, we’re going to have to pay for it.”
Seth Godin observes:
“Many of the world’s top poets reported dramatic decreases in royalties and sales as a result of the site. ‘When poetry is free, no one is willing to pay for it,’ one poet is quoted by Wired. Even though some poets had reportedly been earning three or four million dollars a year in royalties and advances, it apparently wasn’t enough.”
I’d like to know what poets earn that kind of money in royalty. It sure isn’t anyone I know.
Coffeehouse Junkie 