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3 Reasons You Should Copyright Your Written Work and How to Do It

Posted by Sara Richmond   Jul 28, 2022 9:00:00 AM

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it. - Carl Sandburgas The internet is amazing and messy. It gives nearly everyone the chance to have a voice, to create, and to showcase their skills, especially writers. For work or for fun, whether you consider yourself a writer or not, if you’ve ever published or shared anything online that you’ve written, you’ve probably wondered whether you should copyright it. Which brings us to the downside: Worldwide access to virtually everything that’s published online is often paired with a shocking amount of plagiarism/virtual theft.

  • We’ve seen it:
    • A LinkedIn post with three words changed from the original writer’s.
    • A homepage or logo or tagline that is almost identical to a competitor’s.
    • A family’s fake GoFundMe page with a story copied directly from a new site.
  • We’ve committed it:
    • Reshared a story we didn’t realize was under copyright.
    • Used a source without citing it correctly.
    • Reposted a funny image that had a user license.

  • We’ve been the victim:
    • Your work appears on somebody else’s site without attribution.
    • The greeting card you submitted for publishing is rejected, but you see it, word for word, by the same company, in a grocery store a couple of years later.
    • A client refuses to pay for a white paper you wrote but broadcasts it to their email list anyway.

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Topics: copyright

How and Why You Should Copyright Your Written Work in the Internet Age

Posted by Conni Eversull   May 24, 2018 7:30:00 AM

If you consider yourself a writer or have ever published or shared anything online that you’ve written and are truly proud of, you’ve probably asked yourself whether you should copyright it or not. And you’ve probably wondered how to do that and asked yourself whether copyrighting your written work is still important in the Internet age.  

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Topics: copyright

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