These rules and dates apply regardless of whether the work was created by an individual author, a group of authors, or an employee (a work made for hire). Because of legislation passed in 1998, no new works will fall into the public domain until 2019, when works published in 1923 will expire.
(1) Writing is a system of graphic symbols that can be used to convey meaning. See the observations below. (2) Writing is the act of composing a text. See the observations below.
Subjective writing is a style of writing that is not well suited for news reporting, textbooks or other forms of writing in which the information or writing needs to be based on pure facts. Writing that is based purely on facts or analysis is called objective writing. Subjective writing works best for blogs, editorials or leaving comments on Internet posts because these are the personal opinions of the writer. Good text books or encyclopedias must contain all objective writing.