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Webster 1913 Edition


Copyright

Cop′y-right

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Noun.
The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.
International copyright
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an author’s right in his productions as secured by treaty between nations.

Cop′y-rightˊ

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Verb.
T.
To secure a copyright on.

Webster 1828 Edition


Copyright

COPYRIGHT

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Noun.
The sole right which an author has in his own original literary compositions; the exclusive right of an author to print, publish and vend his own literary works, for his own benefit; the like right in the hands of an assignee.

Definition 2024


copyright

copyright

For Wiktionary's copyrights, see Wiktionary:Copyrights

English

Noun

copyright (usually uncountable, plural copyrights)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.

Translations

Verb

copyright (third-person singular simple present copyrights, present participle copyrighting, simple past and past participle copyrighted)

  1. To place under a copyright.
  2. To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.

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Most common English words before 1923: remember · fair · blood · #526: copyright · 4 · late · bed

Finnish

Noun

copyright

  1. copyright

Declension

Inflection of copyright (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative copyright copyrightit
genitive copyrightin copyrightien
partitive copyrightia copyrighteja
illative copyrightiin copyrighteihin
singular plural
nominative copyright copyrightit
accusative nom. copyright copyrightit
gen. copyrightin
genitive copyrightin copyrightien
partitive copyrightia copyrighteja
inessive copyrightissa copyrighteissa
elative copyrightista copyrighteista
illative copyrightiin copyrighteihin
adessive copyrightilla copyrighteilla
ablative copyrightilta copyrighteilta
allative copyrightille copyrighteille
essive copyrightina copyrighteina
translative copyrightiksi copyrighteiksi
instructive copyrightein
abessive copyrightitta copyrighteitta
comitative copyrighteineen

Synonyms


French

Noun

copyright m (plural copyrights)

  1. copyright

Spanish

Noun

copyright m (plural copyrights)

  1. copyright