copyright
/ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/noun, verb3 syllables
Copyright means: a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work.
Synonyms for copyright1
noun, as in a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
right of first publication
What does copyright mean?2
noun
1
a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
verb
1
secure a copyright on a written work“did you copyright your manuscript?”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Copyright in a sentence
- Institutionally, a major restraint is the copyright problem.fcbond
- If you don't believe in copyright, it can't hurt you.shekitten
- Translators don't receive copyright fees for their works.CM
- Sami can't do that because of copyright issues.OsoHombre
- Copyright only exists if you want it to.DJ_Saidez
- Your thinking about my book is an infringement on my copyright.DJ_Saidez
- Archivists have been arguing for copyright reform for years.CM
- Shakespeare could not have thrived under modern copyright laws.shekitten
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of copyright
as a noun
- plural
- copyrights
as a verb
- past tense
- copyrighted
- present participle
- copyrighting
- third-person singular
- copyrights
- past participle
- copyrighted