copyright
Syllables: copy·rightUK/ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt//ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/
copyright noun: 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.
Noun
copyright (usually uncountable, plural copyrights)
- 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.
- 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.¹1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 420
- 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.
- The images are still copyright of the original artist.
- A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
- no copyright intended
- 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
Verb
copyright (third-person singular simple present copyrights, present participle copyrighting, simple past and past participle copyrighted)
- 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
- 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
- To flag for copyright violation, to copystrike.
- I won’t play this track, I don’t wanna get copyrighted.
copyright meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
copyright in Hindi
- right to publish
- कॉपीराइट kŏpīrāiṭ, स्वत्वाधिकार svatvādhikār, प्रकाशनाधिकार prakāśanādhikār, प्रतिलिप्यधिकार pratilipyadhikār
copyright in Tamil
- காப்புரிமை, பதிப்புரிமை
copyright in Marathi
- कॉपीराइट, कॉपीराईट, प्रताधिकार
copyright in Urdu
- right to publish
- کاپی رائِٹ kāpī rāiṭ, حُقُوقِ نَقَل huqūq-i naqal, حَقِ اِشاعَت haq-i iśā'at, حَقِ تَصْنِیف haq-i tasnīf, حَقِ نَقْل و اِشاعَت haq-i naql o iśā'at, حُقُوقِ اِشاعَت huqūq-i iśā'at
More languagesFewer languages
- copyright in Bengali
- গ্রহস্বত্ব
- copyright in Telugu
- కాపీరైట్, కృతిస్వామ్యము, కాపీ రైట్
- copyright in Malayalam
- പകർപ്പവകാശം pakaṟppavakāśaṁ
- copyright in Kannada
- ಗ್ರಂಥಸ್ವಾಮ್ಯ, ಕೃತಿಸ್ವಾಮ್ಯ, ತನ್ನಚ್ಚು, ಅಚ್ಚೊಡೆತನ
- copyright in Punjabi
- ਕਾਪੀਰਾਈਟ, ਕਾਪੀਰਾਈਟ ਤੱਕ, ਕਾਪੀਰਾਈਟ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- copyright in Gujarati
- ગ્રંથસ્વામિત્વ granthasvāmitva
- copyright in Odia
- କପିରାଇଟ୍, କପିରାଇଟ
- copyright in Nepali
- प्रतिलिपि अधिकार
- copyright in Pashto
- کاپي رايټ, د کاپي حق
- copyright in Tagalog
- karapatang-akda, karapatang-sipi
- copyright in Arabic
- حُقُوقُ النَّشْر ḥuqūqu n-našr, حُقُوقُ التَّأْلِيفِ وَٱلنَّشْر ḥuqūqu t-taʔlīfi wa-n-našr
- copyright in Malay
- hak cipta
- copyright in Indonesian
- hak cipta, hak pengarang
- copyright in Thai
- ลิขสิทธิ์ lík-kà-sìt
- copyright in Vietnamese
- bản quyền
- copyright in Myanmar
- မူပိုင် mupuing, မူပိုင်ခွင့် mupuinghkwang.
Examples of copyright in a sentence
- 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 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 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:
- Call the patent office, copyright the name "Green Goblin".2002, Spider-Man (film)
Forms of copyright
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | copyrights |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | copyrights |
| present participle | copyrighting |
| past participle | copyrighted |
| past | copyrighted |
Origin of copyright
From copy + right.
Words formed from copyright
Phrases with copyright
Words that rhyme with copyright
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- cite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
- wite
Questions about copyright
- What does copyright mean?
- Copyright means 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.
- What is copyright in Hindi?
- Copyright in Hindi is कॉपीराइट (kŏpīrāiṭ), स्वत्वाधिकार (svatvādhikār), प्रकाशनाधिकार (prakāśanādhikār). See Copyright meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use copyright in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is copyright?
- Copyright can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce copyright?
- Copyright is pronounced /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/ (US).
- What is the plural of copyright?
- The plural of copyright is copyrights.
Words near copyright in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: copyright (page history and authors); copyright (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); copyright (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); copyright (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); copyright (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); copyright (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); copyright (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ગ્રંથસ્વામિત્વ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); copyright (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); copyright (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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