1. A method for operating a host computing device to obtain copyright protection for a blog post within a blog-publishing application, the method comprising: capturing a user inputted blog post by a blog-publishing application running on the host computing device; based upon user input received via the blog-publishing application running on the host computing device and from within the blog-publishing application, launching a copyright registration application running on the host computing device via an Application Program Interface (API) of the blog-publishing application running on the host computing device and an API of the copyright registration application running on the host computing device, wherein the API of the copyright registration application supports presentation of an icon within a user interface of the blog-publishing application, and wherein selection of the icon supports launching the copyright registration application; and the copyright registration application running on the host computing device: receiving the blog post from the blog-publishing application via the API of the blog-publishing application and the API of the copyright registration application; obtaining copyright registration information for the blog post based upon at least one of user input and stored data; accessing a remote copyright registration data web server via the Internet; retrieving recorded user information for a user from the remote copyright registration data web server; uploading the blog post to the remote copyright registration data web server; receiving payment information via user input; interfacing with the remote copyright registration data web server to generate an electronic copyright application using the copyright registration information, the recorded user information, the payment information, and the blog post; interfacing with the remote copyright registration data web server to electronically submit the electronic copyright application to a copyright registration server; and receiving a confirmation of submission of the copyright registration application; automatically publishing the blog post by the blog-publishing application after the confirmation is received; and the copyright registration application running on the host computing device presenting an option to upload the blog post to the remote copyright registration data web server without applying for copyright registration.