copyright — ozdic

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1

(noun.)

VERB + COPYRIGHT

have, hold, own

The film studio owns the copyright to that popular movie from the 1990s.

breach, infringe

Using someone else's music in your video breaches copyright laws.

be protected by

My photographs are protected by copyright, so people cannot use them without permission.

COPYRIGHT + VERB

protect sth

Copyright protects authors and artists when others try to copy their original work without permission.

PREP

in ~

The book is still in copyright, so you cannot publish it without permission.

out of ~

Many classic novels have gone out of copyright and are now freely available online.

~ on

The photographer has the copyright on all the images she took for the magazine.

PHRASES

breach/infringement of copyright

The company faced serious legal consequences after an infringement of copyright on their website.

ownership of copyright

The publisher held ownership of copyright for all the books in the series.

Definitions

noun

1

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.¹

2

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.

3

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.

verb

1

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.

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?

2

To flag for copyright violation, to copystrike.

I won’t play this track, I don’t wanna get copyrighted.

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Example Bank

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01

Copyright is a separate legal area from trademarks.

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02

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.¹

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03

The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract.

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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.

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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?

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06

The sealed contents inside postmarked by the United States Post office will be proof enough of exactly when your work was completed. The disadvantage to this form of copyrighting is that your work is

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, copyright is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.