copyright (verb)

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• copyright — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun VERB + COPYRIGHT ▪ have, hold, own, retain ▪ The publisher has the copyright on all his books. ▪ breach, infringe …   Collocations dictionary

• copyright — noun (C, U) the legal right to be the only producer or seller of a book, play, film, or record for a specific length of time: Who owns the copyright of this book? | an infringement of copyright copyright adjective copyright verb (T) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• copyright — /ˈkɒpiraɪt / (say kopeeruyt) noun 1. the exclusive right, granted by law for a certain term of years, to make and dispose of copies of, and otherwise to control, a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work. Symbol: © –adjective 2. protected… …  

• copyright — the right to make or sell copies, 1735, from COPY (Cf. copy) + RIGHT (Cf. right). As a verb, from 1806 (implied in pp. adj. copyrighted) …   Etymology dictionary

• copyright — a type of property right which protects the expression of ideas such as literary or dramatic works, television productions, drawings etc., from being used for commercial gain without permission of the copyright owner. Registration is not a… …   Financial and business terms

• copyright — I UK [ˈkɒpɪˌraɪt] / US [ˈkɑpɪˌraɪt] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms copyright : singular copyright plural copyrights * the legal right to have control over the work of a writer, artist, musician etc. If you own the copyright on something …   English dictionary

• copyright — cop|y|right1 [ kapi,raıt ] noun count or uncount * the legal right to have control over the work of a writer, artist, musician, etc. If you own the copyright on something, it is your intellectual property, and other people must pay you to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• copyright — 1. noun a) 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. If © is the international symbol for copyright, what should we use for the open… …   Wiktionary

• copyright — I. noun Date: 1735 the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something (as a literary, musical, or artistic work) II. transitive verb Date: circa 1806 to secure a copyright on • copyrightable… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• copyright — noun the exclusive and assignable legal right, given to the originator for a fixed number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material. verb secure copyright for …   English new terms dictionary

• protect — verb ADVERB ▪ completely, fully ▪ adequately, properly, well ▪ A cardboard box would protect the product better. ▪ inadequately …   Collocations dictionary