copyright

Forms

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.
2.Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
- The images are still copyright of the original artist.
- The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract.
- For me personally, the copyrights and "copywrongs," as I have called them, simply boil down to either one or two things, and that is it's either an act of distribution or it is an act of consumption.
3.A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.(informal)
- 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.

1.To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
- Everything else that is written or created is automatically copyrighted.
- 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.(informal)
- I won’t play this track, I don’t wanna get copyrighted.

Uncommon· #3432

From copy + right.