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copyright en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/ (General-American)
  • /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From copy + right.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) 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.
    • 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 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 420:
    • Copyright is a separate legal area from trademarks.
  2. (countable, usually) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
    • 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. 2005, Gerard M Stegmaier, The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: 2005 supplement:
    • The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract.
    • 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. 2012 January 18, Bill Mears, “Justices allow copyrights on foreign works”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Oct 2020:
    • The images are still copyright of the original artist.
  3. (informal, nonstandard, uncountable, usually) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
    • 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. 2019 October 23, Christine Fisher, “House passes controversial copyright bill that could be abused by trolls”, in Engadget, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2022:
    • no copyright intended

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
copyrights Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

copyleft · copyright infringement · recopyright · poor man's copyright · copyright trap · copyright symbol · copystrike · ad interim copyright · copyrightless · copyrightability · anticopyright · copyrighter · copyfree · copyreich · uncopyrightability · copyfighter · copyright troll · copyright laundering

Descendants

copyright

Translations (115)

be а́ўтарскае пра́ва (right to publish) · ps د کاپي حق (right to publish) · mk а́вторско пра́во (right to publish) · tt авторлык хокукы (right to publish) · km រក្សាសិទ្ធិ (right to publish) · fr droit d'auteur (right to publish) · fa-ira حَقِّ تَکْثیر (right to publish) · ur حُقُوقِ اِشاعَت (right to publish) · mi manatārua (right to publish) · ur حُقُوقِ نَقَل (right to publish) · lt autorinė teisė (right to publish) · ha hakkin-mallaka (right to publish) · sq e drejtë e autorit (right to publish) · ur حَقِ اِشاعَت (right to publish) · za banjgienz (right to publish) · id hak pengarang (right to publish) · hi प्रतिलिप्यधिकार (right to publish) · nan-hbl 版權 /版权 (right to publish) · gl dereitos de autor (right to publish) · de Urheberrecht (right to publish) · el πνευματικά δικαιώματα (right to publish) · hu szerzői jog (right to publish) · ms hak cipta (right to publish) · is höfundarréttur (right to publish) · uz mualliflik huquqi (right to publish) · ur حَقِ تَصْنِیف (right to publish) · ro drept de autor (right to publish) · kw gwir-brintya (right to publish) · eo kopirajto (right to publish) · cs autorské právo (right to publish) · hy հեղինակային իրավունք (right to publish) · kmr mafê telîfê (right to publish) · tl karapatang-sipi (right to publish) · sv copyright (right to publish) · gd dlighe-sgrìobhaidh (right to publish) · sv upphovsrättsskydd (right to publish) · it diritto d'autore (right to publish) · nl copyright (right to publish) · ca drets d'autor (right to publish) · ar حُقُوقُ النَّشْر (right to publish) · hi स्वत्वाधिकार (right to publish) · fr copyright (right to publish) · mn зохиогчийн эрх (right to publish) · es derechos de autor (right to publish) · bg а́вторско пра́во (right to publish) · kw gwir-pryntya (right to publish) · lo ລິຂະສິດ (right to publish) · fa-ira حَقِّ نَشْر (right to publish) · sh ауторско право (right to publish) · pt direitos autorais (right to publish) · ur کاپی رائِٹ (right to publish) · lv autortiesības (right to publish) · et autoriõigus (right to publish) · ti መሰል ደራሲ (right to publish) · fi copyright (right to publish) · ps کاپي رايټ (right to publish) · id hak cipta (right to publish) · ja 著作権 (right to publish) · tg ҳаққи таксир (right to publish) · tr telif hakkı (right to publish) · ko 저작권 (right to publish) · ml പകർപ്പവകാശം (right to publish) · th ลิขสิทธิ์ (right to publish) · fa-ira کُپیرایْت (right to publish) · ur حَقِ نَقْل و اِشاعَت (right to publish) · it copyright (right to publish) · mt dritt tal-awtur (right to publish) · kw gwirbryntyans (right to publish) · ja 版権 (right to publish) · pt direitos de autor (right to publish) · sv upphovsrätt (right to publish) · pl prawo autorskie (right to publish) · lb Auteursrecht (right to publish) · vi bản quyền (right to publish) · km សិទ្ធិអ្នកនិពន្ធ (right to publish) · eo aŭtororajto (right to publish) · io autoryuro (right to publish) · my မူပိုင် (right to publish) · nb opphavsrett (right to publish) · ru а́вторское пра́во (right to publish) · tl karapatang-akda (right to publish) · az müəllif hüququ (right to publish) · yue 版權 /版权 (right to publish) · sw hakimiliki (right to publish) · es derecho de autor (right to publish) · sh autorsko pravo (right to publish) · fi tekijänoikeus (right to publish) · el δικαιώματα δημιουργού (right to publish) · kk авторлық құқық (right to publish) · tk awtorlyk hukugy (right to publish) · sah ааптар бырааба (right to publish) · sl avtorske pravice (right to publish) · eo aŭtora rajto (right to publish) · hi कॉपीराइट (right to publish) · lt autorių teisė (right to publish) · ga cóipcheart (right to publish) · uk а́вторське пра́во (right to publish) · ky автордук укук (right to publish) · ka საავტორო უფლებები (right to publish) · my မူပိုင်ခွင့် (right to publish) · sk autorské právo (right to publish) · gv coip-chiart (right to publish) · cs copyright (right to publish) · he זכיות יוצרים \ זְכֻיּוֹת יוֹצְרִים (right to publish) · tg ҳаққи нашр (right to publish) · nl auteursrecht (right to publish) · kmr kopîrayt (right to publish) · mi manatā (right to publish) · nn opphavsrett (right to publish) · es derecho de copia privada (right to publish) · cy hawlfraint (right to publish) · da ophavsret (right to publish) · ar حُقُوقُ التَّأْلِيفِ وَٱلنَّشْر (right to publish) · hi प्रकाशनाधिकार (right to publish) · cmn 版權 /版权 (right to publish)

copyright en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/ (General-American)
  • /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From copy + right.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
    • Every book will be copyrighted that the publisher believes will have such a market as will justify him in going to the expense of copyrighting to prevent competition from other publishers. 1907, United States Congress House. Committee on Appropriations, District of Columbia Appropriations, page 253:
    • When your script is completed you need to copyright it with the Library of Congress in Washington DC (you can get the forms from: Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Washington DC, 20559. Request form PA, or you can download them from www.loc.gov/copyright). 2006, Josh Becker, Bruce Campbell, The Complete Guide to Low-Budget Feature Filmmaking, →ISBN, page 55:
    • Everything else that is written or created is automatically copyrighted. 2008, Ann Gaines, Don't Steal Copyrighted Stuff!, →ISBN:
    • Further, Mr. Mullins writes FOR YOU-THE-PEOPLE, copyrighting to protect listings and to make a statement—but willingly shares his work for, after all, if it is not read then of what worth is a book? 1993, Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn, The Beast at Work, →ISBN, page 161:
    • The sealed contents inside postmarked by the United States Post office will be proof enough of exactly when your work was completed. The disadvantage to this form of copyrighting is that your work is not traceable for anyone who is interested in acquiring information regarding copyright ownership. 1997, Marc Davison, All Area Access: Personal Management for Unsigned Musicians, →ISBN, page 171:
    • J. J. Jameson: The Green Goblin. You like that? Made it up myself. These weirdos all gotta have a name now. Hoffman! Call the patent office, copyright the name "Green Goblin". I want a quarter every time somebody says it. 2002, Spider-Man (film)
  2. (informal, nonstandard, transitive) To flag for copyright violation, to copystrike.
    • I won’t play this track, I don’t wanna get copyrighted.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
copyrighting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
copyrights Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
copyrighted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
copyrighted Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

copyrightable

Relateds

copywrong · exclusive right · copyleft · copyright infringement · copyfight

Translations (11)

cy hawlfreintio (place under a copyright) · fr copyrighter (place under a copyright) · it porre sotto copyright (place under a copyright) · es registrar derechos de autor (place under a copyright) · fi suojata tekijänoikeudella (place under a copyright) · it tutelare i copyright (place under a copyright) · sl avtorsko zaščititi (place under a copyright) · it tutelare i diritti d'autore (place under a copyright) · nl onder auteursrecht plaatsen (place under a copyright) · sv upphovsrättsskydda (place under a copyright) · el κατοχυρώνω (place under a copyright)