26984 words

copyright

7 definitions • 15 examples
1
the legal right to control the production and selling of a book, play, film, photograph, or piece of music:

Examples:

own the copyright on Who owns the copyright on this article?
hold the copyright on The photographer holds the copyright on all of the wedding photos.
by copyright His work is no longer protected by copyright.
The symbol © shows that something is protected by copyright.
2
to obtain the copyright of a book, play, film, photograph, or piece of music:

Examples:

Even though he has copyrighted the design, that hasn't prevented companies from copying it.
If a work is copyrighted by the author, the protection lasts until 70 years after his or her death.
3
the legal right to control all use of an original work, such as a book, play, movie, or piece of music, for a particular period of time
4
the legal right that someone has to control the production and selling of a book, play, film, photograph, piece of music, etc. for a particular period of time:

Examples:

There was a need to develop copyright protection for computer programs.
Copyright law prevents freelance work from being included in electronic archives without permission.
breach/break/infringe copyright They claim the television company breached copyright when it used some of the footage on one of their DVDs.
hold/own the copyright on/to sth Recording artists continue to own the copyright to their work.
a breach/infringement of copyright
5
if a book, film, etc. is in copyright, the period of the copyright that controls its production has not yet ended:

Examples:

Are there any issues with scanning books that are still in copyright?
6
protected by copyright:

Examples:

The contents of this website are copyright.
The book contains a complete glossary of copyright terms.
7
to get the legal right to control the production and selling of a book, film, photograph, piece of music, etc. for a particular period of time:

Examples:

Because software can be copyrighted, it has legal protection for much longer than patented inventions.

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