Copyright

Definitions

1. 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.
   uncountable, usually
2. Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
   countable, usually
3. A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
   informal, nonstandard, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

35 more languages

العربيةحُقُوقُ التَّأْلِيفِ وَٱلنَّشْرحقوق الطبعحقوق النشر

Българскиа́вторско пра́во

Češtinaautorské právo

Cymraeghawlfraint

Ελληνικάκατοχυρώνωπνευματικά δικαιώματα

Esperantoaŭtora rajtoaŭtororajtokopirajto

Suomicopyrighttekijänoikeustekijänoikeusmerkki

Gàidhligdlighe-sgrìobhaidh

हिन्दीकॉपीराइटप्रकाशनाधिकारप्रतिलिप्यधिकारस्वत्वाधिकार+ 1 more

Հայերենհեղինակային իրավունք

Bahasa Indonesiahak ciptahak pengarang

Íslenskahöfundarréttur

Italianocopyrightdiritto d'autoreporre sotto copyrighttutelare i copyrighttutelare i diritti d'autore+ 2 more

日本語版権著作権

ქართულისაავტორო უფლებები

ភាសាខ្មែររក្សាសិទ្ធិសិទ្ធិអ្នកនិពន្ធ

한국어저작권판권

LëtzebuergeschAuteursrecht

ລາວລິຂະສິດ

Македонскиавторско право

മലയാളംപകർപ്പവകാശം

Bahasa Melayuhak cipta

Maltidritt tal-awtur

မြန်မာမူပိုင်မူပိုင်ခွင့်

Nederlandsauteursrechtonder auteursrecht plaatsen

Polskiprawnoautorskiprawo autorskie

Portuguêscopyrightdireitos autoraisdireitos de autor

Русскийавторское право

Svenskaupphovsrätt

Kiswahilihakimiliki

ไทยลิขสิทธิ์

Tagalogkarapatang-akdakarapatang-sipi

Türkçetelif hakkı

Українськаавторське право

Tiếng Việtbản quyền

Examples

“Copyright is a separate⟳ legal area from trademarks.”

“One of the important points that would have⟳ to be examined in such a discussion would be how far the growth of this class has been artificially stimulated by the law of copyright.¹”

“The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract.”

“The images are still copyright of the original artist.”

“For me personally, the copyrights and "copywrongs," as I have⟳ called them, simply boil down to either one or two things, and that is it's either an act of distribution or it is an act of consumption.”

“The 1994 law in question⟳ was designed to put⟳ the United States in compliance with global treaties on intellectual property– the Berne Convention and the so-called Uruguay Round. The federal legislation created copyrights to foreign works that had not previously been covered.”

“no copyright intended”

“Anyone accused of copyright would have⟳ sixty days to opt-out of the Copyright Claims Board⟳ process⟳, in which case the plaintiff would have⟳ to seek⟳ legal action in court.”

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