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copyright definition

copy·right (-rīt′)

noun

the exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor, etc.: symbol ©

Etymology: copy + right

transitive verb

to protect (a book, song, print, etc.) by copyright

adjective

  1. protected by copyright
  2. of or pertaining to copyright

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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