copyright
IPA: kˈɑpɪraɪt
noun
- (uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
- (countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
- (uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
verb
- (transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
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Examples of "copyright" in Sentences
- The copyright expires.
- The university holds the copyright.
- The photographer owns the copyright.
- Are they the holder of the copyright
- But then there is the pesky copyright issue.
- It revised and consolidated the copyright law of the United Kingdom.
- The court first held that copyright law did not preempt contract law.
- Generally, only the copyright owner can reassign or rescind copyright.
- I am not in the US and as such am not conversant with US copyright law.
- But by the language of copyright law, a slavish copy is not a derivative work.
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