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Webster 1913 Edition
Copyright
Cop′y-right
,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
, an author’s right in his productions as secured by treaty between nations.
Cop′y-rightˊ
,Verb.
T.
To secure a copyright on.
Webster 1828 Edition
Copyright
COPYRIGHT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
copyright
copyright
- For Wiktionary's copyrights, see Wiktionary:Copyrights
English
Noun
copyright (usually uncountable, plural copyrights)
- (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.
- (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
right to publish
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Verb
copyright (third-person singular simple present copyrights, present participle copyrighting, simple past and past participle copyrighted)
- To place under a copyright.
- To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
Derived terms
Translations
place under a copyright
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obtain a copyright
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Finnish
Noun
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 | |