copyright.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
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
Where this word comes from
From copy + right.
To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
To flag for copyright violation, to copystrike.
I won’t play this track, I don’t wanna get copyrighted.
Where this word comes from
From copy + right.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.