Dates
FocusedWords said:
I was reading an article by Jenna in the July 20, WorldWide Freelance newsletter when I noticed that the copyright dates at the bottom of the article were 1999-2003. Should copyright dates be updated on a regular basis or does this really matter? Thanks.
Dates such as 1999-2003 usually mean the website or the newsletter or whatever was started at the earliest listed date, so they have copyrighted material spanning these years. Neither date has anything to do with an expiration date, only with the range of years they've been doing whatever it is they're doing.
It can also mean that all versions of something that changes each day, or that is updated regularly, such as a website, over these years remain under copyright.
Most websites I visit have such copyright notices at the bottom. The Absolute Write website says
Copyright © 1998-2005 Absolute Write at the bottom of the homepage.
I don't guarantee that's the case here, but it's the way everyone I know uses such dates.