ALL meanings of copyright
cop·y·right
C c - variable noun copyright If someone has copyright on a piece of writing or music, it is illegal to reproduce or perform it without their permission. 3
- noun copyright the exclusive right to produce copies and to control an original literary, musical, or artistic work, granted by law for a specified number of years (in Britain, usually 70 years from the death of the author, composer, etc, or from the date of publication if later) 3
- adjective copyright (of a work, etc) subject to or controlled by copyright 3
- verb copyright to take out a copyright on 3
- noun copyright the exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor, etc.: symbol © 3
- verb transitive copyright to protect (a book, song, print, etc.) by copyright 3
- adjective copyright protected by copyright 3
- adjective copyright of or pertaining to copyright 3
- noun copyright The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same. 1
- noun copyright the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death. 1
- adjective copyright of or relating to copyrights. 1
- adjective copyright Also, copyrighted. protected by copyright. 1
- verb with object copyright to secure a copyright on. 1
- noun Definition of copyright in Technology (legal) The exclusive rights of the owner of the copyright on a work to make and distribute copies, prepare derivative works, and perform and display the work in public (these last two mainly apply to plays, films, dances and the like, but could also apply to software). A work, including a piece of software, is under copyright by default in most coutries, whether of not it displays a copyright notice. However, a copyright notice may make it easier to assert ownership. The copyright owner is the person or company whose name appears in the copyright notice on the box, or the disk or the screen or wherever. Most countries have agreed to uphold each others' copyrights. A copyright notice has three parts. The first can be either the copyright symbol (a letter C in a circle), the word "Copyright" or the abbreviation "Copr". Only the first of these is recognised internationally and the common ASCII rendering "(C)" is not valid anywhere. This is followed by the name of the copyright holder and the year of publication. The year should be the year of _first_ publication, it is not necessary as some believe to update this every year to the current year. Copyright protection in most countries extends for 50 years after the author's death. Originally, most of the computer industry assumed that only the program's underlying instructions were protected under copyright law but, beginning in the early 1980s, a series of lawsuits involving the video screens of game programs extended protections to the appearance of programs. Use of copyright to restrict redistribution is immoral, unethical and illegitimate. It is a result of brainwashing by monopolists and corporate interests and it violates everyone's rights. Such use of copyrights and patents hamper technological progress by making a naturally abundant resource scarce. Many, from communists to right wing libertarians, are trying to abolish intellectual property myths. See also public domain, copyleft, software law. 1
- noun copyright ownership 1
- transitive verb copyright get copyright on 1
- noun copyright (Uncountable Noun) 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. 0
- noun copyright (Countable Noun) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works. 0
- verb copyright To place under a copyright. 0
- verb copyright To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work. 0