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1. (n.) copyright
the exclusive ownership of and the right to make use of a literary, musical, or artistic work, protected by law for a specified period of time.
2. (adj.) copyright
Also, copy&syl;righted. protected by copyright.
3. (v.t.) copyright
to secure a copyright on.
Etymology: (1725–35)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) copyright, right of first publication
a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
2. (verb) copyright
secure a copyright on a written work
"did you copyright your manuscript?"
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1. (noun) copyright
the legal right to use all or part of a book, play, film etc.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Copyright
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
2. (verb) Copyright
to secure a copyright on
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Copyright
the sole right of an author or his heirs to publish a work for a term of years fixed by statute, a book for 42 years, or the author's lifetime and 7 years after, whichever is longer; copyright covers literary, artistic, and musical property. By the Act an author must present one copy of his work, if published, to the British Museum, and one copy, if demanded, to the Bodleian Library, Oxford; the University Library, Cambridge; the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh; and Trinity College Library, Dublin.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Copyright
The exclusive right, granted by law for a certain number of years, to make and dispose of copies of a literary, musical or artistic work. In the United States the copyright is granted for the life of the author plus 50 years. In the case of a joint work, it is for the life of the last joint author to die, plus 50 years. In either case the copyright runs until the end of the calendar year 50 years after the author's death. (Random House College Dictionary, rev ed; Strong, W.S.: The Copyright Book: a Practical Guide, 1981)
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Sense: (usually abbreviated to©) the sole right to reproduce a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, and also to perform, translate, film, or record such a work.
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 Afrikaans: kopiereg |
 Arabic: حَق التأليف والنَّـشر |
 Bulgarian: авторско право |
 Brazilian: direito autoral |
 Czech: autorská práva |
 German: das Urheberrecht |
 Danish: ophavsret; forfatterret; |
 Greek: δικαιώματα πνευματικής ιδ |
 Spanish: copyright, derechos de au |
 Estonian: autoriõigus, kirjastusõig |
 Farsi: حق تکثیر؛ کپی رایت |
 Finnish: tekijänoikeus |
 French: droit d'auteur |
 Hebrew: זְכוּיוֹת יוֹצְרִים |
 Hindi: प्रकाशनाधिकार |
 Croatian: autorsko pravo |
 Hungarian: szerzői jog |
 Indonesian: hak cipta |
 Icelandic: höfundarréttur |
 Italian: diritto d'autore, copyrig |
 Japanese: 著作権 |
 Korean: 저작권 |
 Lithuanian: autoriaus teisė |
 Latvian: autortiesības |
 Malay: hak cipta |
 Dutch: auteursrecht |
 Norwegian: copyright, opphavsrett |
 Polish: prawo autorskie |
 Persian: حق تکثیر؛ کپی رایت |
 Pashto: د کابی حق |
 Portuguese: direito de autor |
 Romanian: copyright, drept de autor |
 Russian: авторское право |
 Slovak: copyright |
 Slovenian: avtorska pravica |
 Serbian: autorsko pravo |
 Swedish: copyright, upphovsrätt |
 Thai: ลิขสิทธิ์ |
 Turkish: telif hakkı, yapıt hakkı |
 Taiwanese: 版權 |
 Ukrainian: авторське право |
 Urdu: حق اشاعت، حق تصنيف، حق طب |
 Vietnamese: quyền tác giả |
 Chinese: 版权 |
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