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12/04/2004: "People and their Problem with Words."

Throughout the years, numerous people have come to my site and stayed awhile (I can tell as I have real-time monitoring) and a small percentage of them e-mail me saying they have written something and need a Now I know that one can't look at my site for even a minute or less and not know that I write sales copy --- I'm not a lawyer or have anything to do with copyright law.

See, this is the problem. People don't really understand words. If two words sound alike, they reason they must be the same. Not so!

For information on getting a copyright go to The U.S. government copyright office.

The Meaning of the Words

Copyright means "The legal right granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work." That's according to one of the online dictionaries.

A copywriter is "One who writes copy, especially for advertising" according to the same dictionary.

I even had an editor of a national magazine e-mail me one time and talked a lot about her important job. Then she showed her ignorance by saying something to the effect that she always thought working with copyright would be interesting. Duh! This from an editor.

You gotta' wonder.