Copyright meaning
The definition of a copyright is the exclusive right to make copies, sell or market works of art, music and literature.
An example of copyright is the protection against selling Madonna's music as your own.
noun
Copyright is defined as obtaining the exclusive right to sell and distribute a piece of art, literature and music.
An example of copyright is what the United States Copyright Office does.
verb
The legal right granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work.
noun
Of or relating to a copyright.
Copyright law; a copyright agreement.
adjective
To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
verb
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Protected by copyright.
Permission to publish copyright material.
adjective
To secure a copyright for.
verb
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, ©
noun
To protect (a book, song, print, etc.) by copyright.
verb
Protected by copyright.
adjective
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Of or pertaining to copyright.
adjective
The legal ownership of a "work," which can take any of the following forms: written text, program source code, graphics images, sculpture, music, sound recording, motion picture, pantomime, choreograph and architecture. Before January 1, 1978, a work had to be published to be copyrighted. After that date, any work expressed in paper or electronic form is automatically copyrighted for the life of the author plus 70 years. Registration with the Copyright Office is not required, although it is beneficial if there are disputes later on. In the U.S., a copyright symbol is not mandatory, but recommended.For works by an anonymous author or an author who uses a fictitious name (pseudonymous) as well as works "made for hire," such as a publication written by an employee of a company, the copyright lasts 120 years from date of creation or 95 years from date of publication, whichever is shorter. For more information, visit www.copyright.gov. See plagiarism, fair use doctrine, Creative Commons, copyleft, trademarks, DRM and image protection.
The exclusive right, as recognized separately in each country, to publish and sell literary, artistic, or musical materials or computer programs during the author’s lifetime plus 50 years. Accounting regulations require that the value of a copyright be recorded at its acquisition cost and amortized over its useful life, which is often much shorter than the legal life. Amortization can’t exceed 40 years.
The exclusive statutory right of literary (authors, playwrights, poets), musical (composers, musicians), visual (painters, photographers, sculptors), and other artists to control the reproduction, use, and disposition of their work, usually for their lifetime plus seventy years. The Copyright Act of 1976 governs most copyrights in the United States. See also copy and fair use.
noun
(uncountable) 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.
Copyright is a separate legal area from trademarks.
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(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract.
noun
To place under a copyright.
verb