Karla Rogers

Karla Rogers is an American poet who posted on Usenet.

Rogers was a long-time contributor to alt.arts.poetry.comments.

Karla Rogers is best known for her copyright infringement lawsuit against poet Tom Bishop. In 2007, Karla Rogers, another aapc contributor, sued Bishop, claiming that the text to his movie, --- infringed the copyright of her poem,. Rogers sued in California Northern District Court on January 17, 2007.[2] The case was transferred to California Southern District Court on May 17, 2007.[3]

Bishop died on December 15, 2007.[1] On January 7, 2008, an entry of default was found against Bishop for failing to respond to Rogers' service. On February 8, Rogers moved for a default judgment, which was awarded on May 15, 2008.

Karla Rogers is probably best known for her statement:

"Do not mistake the speaker of the poem with the writer of the poem."