Can/should one put a copyright notice on one's CV or resume? Why/why not?












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I have not yet seen anyone put a copyright notice on their CV or resume. Why is this?



One might expect that even if the content is implicitly copyrighted, the layout/format/style of the document -- perhaps more so for a graphic designer -- is part of one's intellectual property.






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    What would be the point?

    – Azor Ahai
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    Who would want to copy your CV that you are worried about?

    – Thomas
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  • I'm less concerned about people copying my CV than about best practices. I can't imagine anyone would want to copy the content of somebody else's CV (short of nefarious motives), but perhaps one might want to protect the design of the manuscript. (I'm more curious than wanting to add it to my own CV.)

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    It will look like you're marking territory. Not a great quality people are looking for in colleagues.

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I have not yet seen anyone put a copyright notice on their CV or resume. Why is this?



One might expect that even if the content is implicitly copyrighted, the layout/format/style of the document -- perhaps more so for a graphic designer -- is part of one's intellectual property.






cv copyright







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    What would be the point?

    – Azor Ahai
    8 hours ago






  • 2





    Who would want to copy your CV that you are worried about?

    – Thomas
    8 hours ago











  • I'm less concerned about people copying my CV than about best practices. I can't imagine anyone would want to copy the content of somebody else's CV (short of nefarious motives), but perhaps one might want to protect the design of the manuscript. (I'm more curious than wanting to add it to my own CV.)

    – jvriesem
    5 hours ago






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    It will look like you're marking territory. Not a great quality people are looking for in colleagues.

    – darij grinberg
    5 hours ago
















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I have not yet seen anyone put a copyright notice on their CV or resume. Why is this?



One might expect that even if the content is implicitly copyrighted, the layout/format/style of the document -- perhaps more so for a graphic designer -- is part of one's intellectual property.






cv copyright







share|improve this question














I have not yet seen anyone put a copyright notice on their CV or resume. Why is this?



One might expect that even if the content is implicitly copyrighted, the layout/format/style of the document -- perhaps more so for a graphic designer -- is part of one's intellectual property.






cv copyright




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  • 12





    What would be the point?

    – Azor Ahai
    8 hours ago






  • 2





    Who would want to copy your CV that you are worried about?

    – Thomas
    8 hours ago











  • I'm less concerned about people copying my CV than about best practices. I can't imagine anyone would want to copy the content of somebody else's CV (short of nefarious motives), but perhaps one might want to protect the design of the manuscript. (I'm more curious than wanting to add it to my own CV.)

    – jvriesem
    5 hours ago






  • 2





    It will look like you're marking territory. Not a great quality people are looking for in colleagues.

    – darij grinberg
    5 hours ago
















  • 12





    What would be the point?

    – Azor Ahai
    8 hours ago






  • 2





    Who would want to copy your CV that you are worried about?

    – Thomas
    8 hours ago











  • I'm less concerned about people copying my CV than about best practices. I can't imagine anyone would want to copy the content of somebody else's CV (short of nefarious motives), but perhaps one might want to protect the design of the manuscript. (I'm more curious than wanting to add it to my own CV.)

    – jvriesem
    5 hours ago






  • 2





    It will look like you're marking territory. Not a great quality people are looking for in colleagues.

    – darij grinberg
    5 hours ago










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What would be the point?

– Azor Ahai
8 hours ago





What would be the point?

– Azor Ahai
8 hours ago




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Who would want to copy your CV that you are worried about?

– Thomas
8 hours ago





Who would want to copy your CV that you are worried about?

– Thomas
8 hours ago













I'm less concerned about people copying my CV than about best practices. I can't imagine anyone would want to copy the content of somebody else's CV (short of nefarious motives), but perhaps one might want to protect the design of the manuscript. (I'm more curious than wanting to add it to my own CV.)

– jvriesem
5 hours ago





I'm less concerned about people copying my CV than about best practices. I can't imagine anyone would want to copy the content of somebody else's CV (short of nefarious motives), but perhaps one might want to protect the design of the manuscript. (I'm more curious than wanting to add it to my own CV.)

– jvriesem
5 hours ago




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It will look like you're marking territory. Not a great quality people are looking for in colleagues.

– darij grinberg
5 hours ago







It will look like you're marking territory. Not a great quality people are looking for in colleagues.

– darij grinberg
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While your CV can technically be regarded as a piece of intellectual property, the usual reason why people assert their copyright to a work by putting a copyright notice on it is to deter and prevent other people from copying or sharing that work (usually so they - the authors - can profit by selling the work).



With your CV, it is actually in your interest to have as many people as possible sharing it and passing it around, so the incentives work completely in the opposite direction from a more traditional type of intellectual product.



Now, if your CV is such an amazing piece of work that people will be willing to pay for a copy, we’d be having a different discussion...






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  • You still want the right people sharing it. The maxim that "all publicity is good publicity" is still false.

    – Ben Voigt
    3 hours ago











  • @BenVoigt indeed. I’d hate to think that at this very moment some unsavory people might be gathered together in a smoke-filled room somewhere, looking at my CV and scheming to make me a job offer I can’t refuse...

    – Dan Romik
    53 mins ago





















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  1. In the US, copyright notices have not been required for decades. So there is no benefit.


  2. It isn't done and will be perceived as strange. Since the purpose of your resume is to help you, don't do things like this.







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  • It's correct that copyright notices aren't required, but that doesn't mean there's no benefit to them. They can help discourage innocent infringement ("I didn't realise anybody would care if I copied this"), and they make it much harder for an infringer to claim that as a defence - although the latter is only really important if the owner has registered copyright, since US law severely limits the action you can take without registration.

    – Geoffrey Brent
    5 hours ago











  • I'm having problems getting my head around the notion of "innocent copyright infringement of a CV" ;)

    – alephzero
    4 hours ago











  • @alephzero It's certainly not common, but I could see it happening if someone thinks "my friend's resume is great, let me post it on Facebook/Instagram/etc. so all my other friends see what a good resume looks like"

    – David Z
    4 hours ago



















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Copyright generally protects the content/text/copy and not the layout. If you believe your layout is so novel, you could try patenting it, but I doubt that will be successful (and you probably should not be using something so novel for a CV unless you are a graphic designer).






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  • @DanRomik lol. i might have to edit that in.

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While your CV can technically be regarded as a piece of intellectual property, the usual reason why people assert their copyright to a work by putting a copyright notice on it is to deter and prevent other people from copying or sharing that work (usually so they - the authors - can profit by selling the work).



With your CV, it is actually in your interest to have as many people as possible sharing it and passing it around, so the incentives work completely in the opposite direction from a more traditional type of intellectual product.



Now, if your CV is such an amazing piece of work that people will be willing to pay for a copy, we’d be having a different discussion...






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  • You still want the right people sharing it. The maxim that "all publicity is good publicity" is still false.

    – Ben Voigt
    3 hours ago











  • @BenVoigt indeed. I’d hate to think that at this very moment some unsavory people might be gathered together in a smoke-filled room somewhere, looking at my CV and scheming to make me a job offer I can’t refuse...

    – Dan Romik
    53 mins ago


















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While your CV can technically be regarded as a piece of intellectual property, the usual reason why people assert their copyright to a work by putting a copyright notice on it is to deter and prevent other people from copying or sharing that work (usually so they - the authors - can profit by selling the work).



With your CV, it is actually in your interest to have as many people as possible sharing it and passing it around, so the incentives work completely in the opposite direction from a more traditional type of intellectual product.



Now, if your CV is such an amazing piece of work that people will be willing to pay for a copy, we’d be having a different discussion...






share|improve this answer
























  • You still want the right people sharing it. The maxim that "all publicity is good publicity" is still false.

    – Ben Voigt
    3 hours ago











  • @BenVoigt indeed. I’d hate to think that at this very moment some unsavory people might be gathered together in a smoke-filled room somewhere, looking at my CV and scheming to make me a job offer I can’t refuse...

    – Dan Romik
    53 mins ago
















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While your CV can technically be regarded as a piece of intellectual property, the usual reason why people assert their copyright to a work by putting a copyright notice on it is to deter and prevent other people from copying or sharing that work (usually so they - the authors - can profit by selling the work).



With your CV, it is actually in your interest to have as many people as possible sharing it and passing it around, so the incentives work completely in the opposite direction from a more traditional type of intellectual product.



Now, if your CV is such an amazing piece of work that people will be willing to pay for a copy, we’d be having a different discussion...






share|improve this answer













While your CV can technically be regarded as a piece of intellectual property, the usual reason why people assert their copyright to a work by putting a copyright notice on it is to deter and prevent other people from copying or sharing that work (usually so they - the authors - can profit by selling the work).



With your CV, it is actually in your interest to have as many people as possible sharing it and passing it around, so the incentives work completely in the opposite direction from a more traditional type of intellectual product.



Now, if your CV is such an amazing piece of work that people will be willing to pay for a copy, we’d be having a different discussion...







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  • You still want the right people sharing it. The maxim that "all publicity is good publicity" is still false.

    – Ben Voigt
    3 hours ago











  • @BenVoigt indeed. I’d hate to think that at this very moment some unsavory people might be gathered together in a smoke-filled room somewhere, looking at my CV and scheming to make me a job offer I can’t refuse...

    – Dan Romik
    53 mins ago





















  • You still want the right people sharing it. The maxim that "all publicity is good publicity" is still false.

    – Ben Voigt
    3 hours ago











  • @BenVoigt indeed. I’d hate to think that at this very moment some unsavory people might be gathered together in a smoke-filled room somewhere, looking at my CV and scheming to make me a job offer I can’t refuse...

    – Dan Romik
    53 mins ago



















You still want the right people sharing it. The maxim that "all publicity is good publicity" is still false.

– Ben Voigt
3 hours ago





You still want the right people sharing it. The maxim that "all publicity is good publicity" is still false.

– Ben Voigt
3 hours ago













@BenVoigt indeed. I’d hate to think that at this very moment some unsavory people might be gathered together in a smoke-filled room somewhere, looking at my CV and scheming to make me a job offer I can’t refuse...

– Dan Romik
53 mins ago







@BenVoigt indeed. I’d hate to think that at this very moment some unsavory people might be gathered together in a smoke-filled room somewhere, looking at my CV and scheming to make me a job offer I can’t refuse...

– Dan Romik
53 mins ago













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  1. In the US, copyright notices have not been required for decades. So there is no benefit.


  2. It isn't done and will be perceived as strange. Since the purpose of your resume is to help you, don't do things like this.







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  • It's correct that copyright notices aren't required, but that doesn't mean there's no benefit to them. They can help discourage innocent infringement ("I didn't realise anybody would care if I copied this"), and they make it much harder for an infringer to claim that as a defence - although the latter is only really important if the owner has registered copyright, since US law severely limits the action you can take without registration.

    – Geoffrey Brent
    5 hours ago











  • I'm having problems getting my head around the notion of "innocent copyright infringement of a CV" ;)

    – alephzero
    4 hours ago











  • @alephzero It's certainly not common, but I could see it happening if someone thinks "my friend's resume is great, let me post it on Facebook/Instagram/etc. so all my other friends see what a good resume looks like"

    – David Z
    4 hours ago
















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  1. In the US, copyright notices have not been required for decades. So there is no benefit.


  2. It isn't done and will be perceived as strange. Since the purpose of your resume is to help you, don't do things like this.







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  • It's correct that copyright notices aren't required, but that doesn't mean there's no benefit to them. They can help discourage innocent infringement ("I didn't realise anybody would care if I copied this"), and they make it much harder for an infringer to claim that as a defence - although the latter is only really important if the owner has registered copyright, since US law severely limits the action you can take without registration.

    – Geoffrey Brent
    5 hours ago











  • I'm having problems getting my head around the notion of "innocent copyright infringement of a CV" ;)

    – alephzero
    4 hours ago











  • @alephzero It's certainly not common, but I could see it happening if someone thinks "my friend's resume is great, let me post it on Facebook/Instagram/etc. so all my other friends see what a good resume looks like"

    – David Z
    4 hours ago














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  1. In the US, copyright notices have not been required for decades. So there is no benefit.


  2. It isn't done and will be perceived as strange. Since the purpose of your resume is to help you, don't do things like this.







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  1. In the US, copyright notices have not been required for decades. So there is no benefit.


  2. It isn't done and will be perceived as strange. Since the purpose of your resume is to help you, don't do things like this.








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  • It's correct that copyright notices aren't required, but that doesn't mean there's no benefit to them. They can help discourage innocent infringement ("I didn't realise anybody would care if I copied this"), and they make it much harder for an infringer to claim that as a defence - although the latter is only really important if the owner has registered copyright, since US law severely limits the action you can take without registration.

    – Geoffrey Brent
    5 hours ago











  • I'm having problems getting my head around the notion of "innocent copyright infringement of a CV" ;)

    – alephzero
    4 hours ago











  • @alephzero It's certainly not common, but I could see it happening if someone thinks "my friend's resume is great, let me post it on Facebook/Instagram/etc. so all my other friends see what a good resume looks like"

    – David Z
    4 hours ago



















  • It's correct that copyright notices aren't required, but that doesn't mean there's no benefit to them. They can help discourage innocent infringement ("I didn't realise anybody would care if I copied this"), and they make it much harder for an infringer to claim that as a defence - although the latter is only really important if the owner has registered copyright, since US law severely limits the action you can take without registration.

    – Geoffrey Brent
    5 hours ago











  • I'm having problems getting my head around the notion of "innocent copyright infringement of a CV" ;)

    – alephzero
    4 hours ago











  • @alephzero It's certainly not common, but I could see it happening if someone thinks "my friend's resume is great, let me post it on Facebook/Instagram/etc. so all my other friends see what a good resume looks like"

    – David Z
    4 hours ago

















It's correct that copyright notices aren't required, but that doesn't mean there's no benefit to them. They can help discourage innocent infringement ("I didn't realise anybody would care if I copied this"), and they make it much harder for an infringer to claim that as a defence - although the latter is only really important if the owner has registered copyright, since US law severely limits the action you can take without registration.

– Geoffrey Brent
5 hours ago





It's correct that copyright notices aren't required, but that doesn't mean there's no benefit to them. They can help discourage innocent infringement ("I didn't realise anybody would care if I copied this"), and they make it much harder for an infringer to claim that as a defence - although the latter is only really important if the owner has registered copyright, since US law severely limits the action you can take without registration.

– Geoffrey Brent
5 hours ago













I'm having problems getting my head around the notion of "innocent copyright infringement of a CV" ;)

– alephzero
4 hours ago





I'm having problems getting my head around the notion of "innocent copyright infringement of a CV" ;)

– alephzero
4 hours ago













@alephzero It's certainly not common, but I could see it happening if someone thinks "my friend's resume is great, let me post it on Facebook/Instagram/etc. so all my other friends see what a good resume looks like"

– David Z
4 hours ago





@alephzero It's certainly not common, but I could see it happening if someone thinks "my friend's resume is great, let me post it on Facebook/Instagram/etc. so all my other friends see what a good resume looks like"

– David Z
4 hours ago











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Copyright generally protects the content/text/copy and not the layout. If you believe your layout is so novel, you could try patenting it, but I doubt that will be successful (and you probably should not be using something so novel for a CV unless you are a graphic designer).






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  • @DanRomik lol. i might have to edit that in.

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    8 hours ago
















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Copyright generally protects the content/text/copy and not the layout. If you believe your layout is so novel, you could try patenting it, but I doubt that will be successful (and you probably should not be using something so novel for a CV unless you are a graphic designer).






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Copyright generally protects the content/text/copy and not the layout. If you believe your layout is so novel, you could try patenting it, but I doubt that will be successful (and you probably should not be using something so novel for a CV unless you are a graphic designer).






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Copyright generally protects the content/text/copy and not the layout. If you believe your layout is so novel, you could try patenting it, but I doubt that will be successful (and you probably should not be using something so novel for a CV unless you are a graphic designer).







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