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copyfight en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɒpiˌfaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkɑpiˌfaɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Blend of copyright + fight.

Meanings

1. A dispute over copyright.
   • For participant-fans, they valorize interventionist and interruptive art and music that broaden the discussion of the copyfights raging within the culture industries. 2010, Patrick Burkart, Music and cyberliberties:
   • Unless users and developers of open source software join the copyfight, they will find the new reality of copyright law restricting not just their freedom to play blockbuster movies, but also their core freedoms to write and run interdependent and interoperable software. 2005, Chris DiBona, Danese Cooper, Mark Stone, Open sources 2.0: the continuing evolution, page 150:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
copyfights	Number=Plur		lexicographic

copyfight en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɒpiˌfaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkɑpiˌfaɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Blend of copyright + fight.

Meanings

1. To engage in a dispute over copyright.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
copyfought	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
copyfought	Tense=Past		lexicographic
copyfighting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
copyfights	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic