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Copywriting and Copyright Definition
You can apply for copyright or copywriting, but they are two completely different things. In the first case, you're requesting a document that grants you permission to publish something. In the second, you're requesting a writing position. Writers frequently mix them up.
Copyright
A copyright is a legal document issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Copyright section. It states that the person named as the author on the document has the right to publish the written material specified in the document. That doesn't mean the person named wrote the copy; it just means he or she has the legal right to publish it.
There is no need to copyright anything.
copyrighting: the process of acquiring a copyright
"I'm copyrighting this as I type it."
Even though Microsoft Word Spell Check accepts copywritten as a correct spelling (but does not specify for what), and copywritten appears all over the Web in place of copyrighted, there is no such form as copyright or copywritten that is correctly associated with this definition.
Copywriting
The act of creating copy or content is known as copywriting. The term generally refers to writing in the sense of producing non-technical material. It's not the same as the type of writing that tech writers do. Copywriting jobs include marketing brochures, magazines, newspapers, and consumer-directed communications. If you write, you could be a copywriter.
Bonus
Another comparison to be cautious of. You want to be a playwright if you want to write plays. That's correct. When writing about writing plays, you must write wright. We almost never use wright alone. It's mostly found in compound words like wheelwright, millwright, and wainwright. Frank Lloyd Wright or Wright/Patterson Airbase are common names.
Wright has a similar background to Smith. A smith was anyone who used a hammer to work with metal, such as a blacksmith, tinsmith, or silversmith. A wright was a skilled craftsperson who created something. The occupation's name became the name of a person.
A playwright is someone who creates plays. True, he may write them, but he is not the author..
You can apply for copyright or copywriting, but they are two completely different things. In the first case, you're requesting a document that grants you permission to publish something. In the second, you're requesting a writing position. Writers frequently mix them up.
Copyright
A copyright is a legal document issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Copyright section. It states that the person named as the author on the document has the right to publish the written material specified in the document. That doesn't mean the person named wrote the copy; it just means he or she has the legal right to publish it.
There is no need to copyright anything.
copyrighting: the process of acquiring a copyright
"I'm copyrighting this as I type it."
Even though Microsoft Word Spell Check accepts copywritten as a correct spelling (but does not specify for what), and copywritten appears all over the Web in place of copyrighted, there is no such form as copyright or copywritten that is correctly associated with this definition.
Copywriting
The act of creating copy or content is known as copywriting. The term generally refers to writing in the sense of producing non-technical material. It's not the same as the type of writing that tech writers do. Copywriting jobs include marketing brochures, magazines, newspapers, and consumer-directed communications. If you write, you could be a copywriter.
Bonus
Another comparison to be cautious of. You want to be a playwright if you want to write plays. That's correct. When writing about writing plays, you must write wright. We almost never use wright alone. It's mostly found in compound words like wheelwright, millwright, and wainwright. Frank Lloyd Wright or Wright/Patterson Airbase are common names.
Wright has a similar background to Smith. A smith was anyone who used a hammer to work with metal, such as a blacksmith, tinsmith, or silversmith. A wright was a skilled craftsperson who created something. The occupation's name became the name of a person.
A playwright is someone who creates plays. True, he may write them, but he is not the author..
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