A simple check list for those prone to join writing sites.
Information, without context, can be easily misunderstood. A follow up piece to an article written by Shelpeare called Do You Know About This Triond Page?
Article writing tips..
One of the biggest problems every freelance writer who writes for the web faces is finding material that he can use in his creative works without getting written permission from the authors. The Creative Commons license solved that problem.
There is no copyright on ideas, only on the exact way the words actually appear on the page. So unless someone lifts whole sections out of your article or story, word for word, there is no real way to prove you have been robbed. You can sprinkle copyright notices all over your work but it offers about as much protection as crossing your fingers and reciting a magic spell.
The copyright law is complex and convoluted, but every writer needs to have a good understanding of it if he is to avoid committing accidental plagiarism. This subject will be discussed in the next several segments of this series.
Writers often like to keep up with all that’s going on with the legal end of publishing, concerning things like copyright, plagiarism, new legislation, etc. To that end, the Scrivener’s Error blog is a good place to catch up on such news, and to read some legal commentary.
Several of the writing sites are offering assignments. Is it better to receive residual income and retain copyright or take upfront pay and give up copyright?