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Writer is the debut album by Carole King and was released in 1970. King already had a successful career as a songwriter, and been a part of The City, a short-lived group she formed after moving to Los Angeles in 1968. Tracks on the album include "Up on the Roof" which was a number 4 hit for the Drifters in 1962, and "Child of Mine", which has been recorded by Billy Joe Royal,^[3] among others. The album did not receive much attention upon its release, though it entered the chart following the success of King's next album, Tapestry, in 1971.

Reviewers rate it positively if not as highly as Tapestry, one noting that it was the "most underrated of all [her] original albums".^[1] And, in a review that also covered Tapestry in Rolling Stone, Jon Landau wrote, "Writerwas a blessing despite its faults" and that though the "production was poor", King herself made the album "very worthwhile".^[4]

Contents

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• 1Track listing
• 2Personnel
• 3Production
• 4Chart positions
• 5References

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, except "Raspberry Jam" written by King and Toni Stern

Side one

1. "Spaceship Races" – 3:09
2. "No Easy Way Down" – 4:36
3. "Child of Mine" – 4:05
4. "Goin' Back" – 3:20
5. "To Love" – 3:39
6. "What Have You Got to Lose" – 3:33

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For other uses, see Writer (disambiguation).

"Wordsmith" redirects here. For other uses, see Wordsmith (disambiguation).

This article is about writers who use words. For writers of music, see Composer. For the film previously titled Writers, see Stuck in Love. For the album by Carole King, see Writer (album).

Sculpture of Anonymus in Budapest.

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, a Spanish writer depicted with the tools of the trade.

A writer is a person who uses written words in various styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce various forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, poetry,plays, screenplays, and essays as well as various utilitarian forms such as reports and news articles. Writers' texts are published across a range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society.^[1] The word is also used elsewhere in the arts – such as songwriter – but as a standalone term, "writer" normally refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition.

Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media – for example, graphics or illustration – to enhance the communication of their ideas. Another recent demand has been created by civil and government readers for the work of non-fictional technical writers, whose skills create understandable, interpretive documents of a practical or scientific nature. Some writers may use images (drawing, painting, graphics) or multimedia to augment their writing. In rare instances, creative writers are able to communicate their ideas via music as well as words.^[2]

As well as producing their own written works, writers often write on how they write (that is, the process they use);^[3] why they write (that is, their motivation);^[4] and also comment on the work of other writers (criticism).^[5] Writers work professionally or non-professionally, that is, for payment or without payment and may be paid either in advance (or on acceptance), or only after their work is published. Payment is only one of the motivations of writers and many are never paid for their work.

The term writer is often used as a synonym of author, although the latter term has a somewhat broader meaning and is used to convey legal responsibility for a piece of writing, even if its composition is anonymous, unknown or collaborative.

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In copyright law, there is a necessity for little flexibility as to what constitutes authorship. The United States Copyright Office defines copyright as "a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to authors of "original works of authorship".^[2] Holding the title of "author" over any "literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, [or] certain other intellectual works" give rights to this person, the owner of the copyright, exclusive right to do or authorize any production or distribution of their work. Any person or entity wishing to use intellectual property held under copyright must receive permission from the copyright holder to use this work, and often will be asked to pay for the use of copyrighted material. After a fixed amount of time, the copyright expires on intellectual work and it enters the public domain, where it can be used without limit. Copyright law has been amended time and time again since the inception of the law to extend the length of this fixed period where the work is exclusively controlled by the copyright holder. However, copyright is merely the legal reassurance that one owns his/her work. Technically, someone owns their work from the time it's created. An interesting aspect of authorship emerges with copyright in that it can be passed down to another upon one's death. The person who inherits the copyright is not the author, but enjoys the same legal benefits.

Questions arise as to the application of copyright law. How does it, for example, apply to the complex issue of fan fiction? If the media agency responsible for the authorized production allows material from fans, what is the limit before legal constraints from actors, music, and other considerations, come into play? As well, how does copyright apply to fan-generated stories for books? What powers do the original authors, as well as the publishers, have in regulating or even stopping the fan fiction?

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Bo Arne Leuf (July 9, 1952^[1] – April 24, 2009)^[2] was the author of the book The Wiki Way (2001), written in collaboration with wiki inventor Ward Cunningham. His book Peer To Peer (2002) discusses different peer-to-peer (P2P) solutions both from a technical and legal point of view.

Bo Leuf lived in Gothenburg, Sweden.^[3] He was a candidate for the Pirate Party in the Swedish general election in 2006^[4] and was also on its board as treasurer.^[5]

In 1971, he came from Västernorrland to Gothenburg to study engineering physics at Chalmers University.

In 1979, he opened a book shop called Wizard in Gothenburg.^[6] Later, when he moved to Malmö in 1992, he opened a new shop, this time under the name of Daggshimmer. At this time in Malmö, he also helped his wife and mother-in-law to run the Demaret's School of Languages, a former Berlitz language school still using the same teaching method.

He got married on June 2, 1984 and had two children. He died on April 24, 2009.

Publications[edit]

• Bo Leuf, Ward Cunningham, The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web, Addison-Wesley (April, 2001) ISBN 0-201-71499-X
• Bo Leuf, Outlook in a Nutshell: A Power User's Quick Reference, ISBN 1-56592-704-4
• Bo Leuf, Peer to Peer: Collaborating and Sharing over the Internet, ISBN 0-201-76732-5
• Bo Leuf, The Semantic Web: Crafting Infrastructure for Agency, John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-470-01522-5

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ Vilka är vi? (Swedish) (Piratpartiet forum, retrieved 2007-02-19)
2. Jump up^ Posted by his son, Edward (Swedish) (Atari Talk Forums, retrieved 2009-05-25)
3. Jump up^ Www Bio (leuf.com, retrieved 2007-02-19)