26984 words

rights

3 definitions • 7 examples
1
legal controls over who is allowed to use a book or film:

Examples:

He has acquired the film rights to the book (= he is allowed to make a film of the book).
His firm owns the rights to the film.
Later that year they bought the rights to the film.
Before you can sell the rights, we need to establish who owns the intellectual property.
It's reported that she received an eight figure sum for the movie rights to her autobiography.
2
new shares in a particular company that have become available for people to buy who already own shares:

Examples:

The company made a rights issue of one new share for every four held.
3
the legal authority to publish, copy, or make available a work such as a book, movie, recording, or work of art:

Examples:

electronic/reprint rights

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