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Definition of "copyright" []

  • The legal right granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work. (noun)
  • Of or relating to a copyright: copyright law; a copyright agreement. (adjective)
  • Protected by copyright: permission to publish copyright material. (adjective)
  • To secure a copyright for. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "copyright" in a sentence
  • "* % copyright% - Any copyright notice included with the feed."
  • "* @copyright (c) 20010 Kamahl djchrisnet wrote: I hope you are alive when the copyright begins xD djchrisnet wrote: I hope you are alive when the copyright begins xD"
  • "Bartholomew: the expansion of vicarious liability in copyright is bad and was done in ignorance of its pedigree in tort law."