~ Given that everyone is open to identity fraud, plus because some of my friends have been worried about me posting my poems or other stuff here while it is still being verified, I have decided to take yet another leaf out of my mate David's blog. Thus I am posting this footer to ensure that everything that I have entered on this site is © Dickon Springate, All rights reserved. I have always been one for standing up for yours rights, and as such Dickon Springate has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. ~