Meaning of Copyright | Babel Free

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

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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