copyright


Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Financial, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

cop·y·right

(kŏp′ē-rīt′)
n.
The legal right granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work.
adj.
1. Of or relating to a copyright: copyright law; a copyright agreement.
2. Protected by copyright: permission to publish copyright material.
tr.v. cop·y·right·ed, cop·y·right·ing, cop·y·rights
To secure a copyright for.
cop′y·right′a·ble adj.
cop′y·right′er n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

copyright

(ˈkɒpɪˌraɪt)
n
(Law) 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). Symbol: (c)
adj
(Law) (of a work, etc) subject to or controlled by copyright
vb
(Law) (tr) to take out a copyright on
ˈcopyˌrightable adj
ˈcopyˌrighter n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

cop•y•right

(ˈkɒp iˌraɪt)

n.
1. 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.
adj.
2. Also, cop′y•right`ed. protected by copyright.
v.t.
3. to secure a copyright on.
[1725–35]
cop′y•right`a•ble, adj.
cop′y•right`er, n.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

copyright

- Literally, "the right to reproduce" one's own work or authorize others to do so; copyright protects original artistic, literary, dramatic, musical, and intellectual work in a tangible medium.
See also related terms for literary.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

copyright


Past participle: copyrighted
Gerund: copyrighting

Imperative
copyright
copyright
Present
I copyright
you copyright
he/she/it copyrights
we copyright
you copyright
they copyright
Preterite
I copyrighted
you copyrighted
he/she/it copyrighted
we copyrighted
you copyrighted
they copyrighted
Present Continuous
I am copyrighting
you are copyrighting
he/she/it is copyrighting
we are copyrighting
you are copyrighting
they are copyrighting
Present Perfect
I have copyrighted
you have copyrighted
he/she/it has copyrighted
we have copyrighted
you have copyrighted
they have copyrighted
Past Continuous
I was copyrighting
you were copyrighting
he/she/it was copyrighting
we were copyrighting
you were copyrighting
they were copyrighting
Past Perfect
I had copyrighted
you had copyrighted
he/she/it had copyrighted
we had copyrighted
you had copyrighted
they had copyrighted
Future
I will copyright
you will copyright
he/she/it will copyright
we will copyright
you will copyright
they will copyright
Future Perfect
I will have copyrighted
you will have copyrighted
he/she/it will have copyrighted
we will have copyrighted
you will have copyrighted
they will have copyrighted
Future Continuous
I will be copyrighting
you will be copyrighting
he/she/it will be copyrighting
we will be copyrighting
you will be copyrighting
they will be copyrighting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been copyrighting
you have been copyrighting
he/she/it has been copyrighting
we have been copyrighting
you have been copyrighting
they have been copyrighting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been copyrighting
you will have been copyrighting
he/she/it will have been copyrighting
we will have been copyrighting
you will have been copyrighting
they will have been copyrighting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been copyrighting
you had been copyrighting
he/she/it had been copyrighting
we had been copyrighting
you had been copyrighting
they had been copyrighting
Conditional
I would copyright
you would copyright
he/she/it would copyright
we would copyright
you would copyright
they would copyright
Past Conditional
I would have copyrighted
you would have copyrighted
he/she/it would have copyrighted
we would have copyrighted
you would have copyrighted
they would have copyrighted
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. copyright - a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
legal right - a right based in law
document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
Verb 1. copyright - secure a copyright on a written work; "did you copyright your manuscript?"
procure, secure - get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
حَق التأليف والنَّـشرحُقُوق الطَّبْع والنَشْر
autorská právaautorské právo
ophavsretcopyrightforfatterret
tekijänoikeus
copyright droit droits d’auteur
autorsko pravo
szerzõi jog
höfundarréttur
版権
저작권
copyright
upphovsrätt
ลิขสิทธิ์
telif hakkı yapıt hakkı
quyền tác giả

copyright

[ˈkɒpɪraɪt]
A. ADJ → protegido por los derechos de(l) autor
B. N → derechos mpl de autor, propriedad f literaria
the book is still in copyright → siguen vigentes los derechos del autor de este libro
it will be out of copyright in 2020 → los derechos de(l) autor terminarán en 2020
"copyright reserved" → "es propiedad", "copyright"
C. VT → registrar como propiedad literaria
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

copyright

[ˈkɒpiraɪt] n → droit m d'auteur, copyright m
copyright reserved → tous droits réservés, tous droits de reproduction réservés copy typist n → dactylo mf
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

copyright

n → Copyright nt, → Urheberrecht nt; out of copyright → urheberrechtlich nicht mehr geschützt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

copyright

[ˈkɒpɪˌraɪt] n → diritti mpl d'autore, copyright m inv
copyright reserved → tutti i diritti riservati
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

copy

(ˈkopi) – plural ˈcopies – noun
1. an imitation or reproduction. That dress is a copy of one I saw at a Paris fashion show; He made eight copies of the pamphlet on the photocopier. kopie نُسْخـَـه منسوخه копие cópia kopie die Kopie kopi; efterligning αντίγραφο copia jäljendus, koopia تقلید؛ کپی kopio copie העתק प्रतिलिपि prijepis, kopija másolat tiruan eftirlíking copia コピー 모조품 kopija kopija; reprodukcija; noraksts tiruan kopie kopi, reproduksjon; gjenpart; avskrift kopia كاپى، نقل ، نمونه، سواد، نسخه: تقليد cópia copie копия kópia posnetek, kopija kopija kopia การเลียนแบบ kopya, suret 仿造品,複製品 копія نقل، نسخ‍ہ bản sao 复制品
2. a single book, newspaper etc. Can I have six copies of this dictionary, please? eksemplaar نُسخة مِن брой exemplar výtisk das Exemplar eksemplar αντίτυπο ejemplar eksemplar, number جلد kappale exemplaire עותק पाण्डुलिपि kopija példány eksemplar eintak copia 一冊 한 부 egzempliorius eksemplārs naskhah exemplaar egzemplarz جلد exemplar exemplar экземпляр výtlačok izvod primerak exemplar, nummer ฉบับ; เล่ม sayı, nüsha, kopya 一本(書),一份(報紙)等 копія كسى كتاب يا اخبار كا نسخ‍ہ một bản của cuốn sách, tờ báo 一本,一份
3. written or typed material for publishing. He writes copy for advertisements. kopie نُسْحة مُعدّة للطَّبع، مَخطوطَـه текст на реклама material rukopis der Text stof; materiale κείμενο manuscrito, texto tekst, käsikiri مطلب آماده چاپ kirjoitus manuscrit חוֹמֶר לְהֲדפּסָה हस्तलेख kopija kézirat naskah handrit materiale 原稿 인쇄 원고 medžiaga, tekstas manuskripts; materiāls; paraugs salinan kopij manuskript materiał د چاپ لپاره آماده مطلب material text текст rukopis rokopis građa manuskript, copy, annonstext คําโฆษณา metin 手寫或打字的稿子 матеріал مسوده bản thảo 稿子
verb
to make an imitation or reproduction of (something). Copy the way I speak; Copy this passage into your notebook. kopieer يَنْـسَخ копирам copiar napodobit; opsat, kopírovat kopieren kopiere; efterligne αντιγράφω imitar; copiar jäljendama, kopeerima رونوشت کردن؛ کپی کردن kopioida copier לְהַעֲתִיק नकल उतारना prepisati, preslikati, kopirati (le)másol meniru afrita; líkja eftir copiare 写す 복제하다 kopijuoti, imituoti, pamėgdžioti, nu(si)rašyti kopēt; atdarināt; pārrakstīt salin kopiëren kopiere, etterlikne, skrive av kopiować کاپی کول copiar a imita, a copia подражать; переписывать napodobniť; opísať posnemati; prepisati prepisati efterlikna, ta efter, skriva av, kopiera เลียนแบบ kopya etmek; taklit etmek 模仿,複製 знімати копію; переписувати نقل كرنا sao chép 模仿,复制
ˈcopier noun
a photocopier. kopieermasjien آلة تصوير / نَسْـخ копирна машина fotocopiadora kopírka der Kopierer kopimaskine φωτοαντιγραφικό μηχάνημα fotocopiadora valguskoopiamasin شخص یا دستگاه کپی کننده kopiokone photocopieur/-euse מְכוֹנַת צִילוּם प्रतिलिपिक aparat za kopiranje fénymásoló gép mesin fotokopi ljósritunarvél fotocopiatrice 複写機 복사기 kopijavimo aparatas, kopijuoklis novilcējs; kopējamais aparāts mesin salin fotokopieerapparaat kopimaskin kopiarka فوتو کاپی fotocopiadora (foto)copiator множительный аппарат kopírovací stroj kopirni aparat fotokopir aparat kopieringsmaskin เครื่องถ่ายเอกสาร fotokopi makinası 影印機 копіювальний апарат فوٹ‍و كاپی مشین máy photocopy 复印机
ˈcopyright noun
(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. kopiereg حَق التأليف والنَّـشر авторско право direito autoral autorská práva das Urheberrecht ophavsret; forfatterret; copyright δικαιώματα πνευματικής ιδιοκτησίας copyright, derechos de autor autoriõigus, kirjastusõigus حق تکثیر؛ کپی رایت tekijänoikeus droit d'auteur זְכוּיוֹת יוֹצְרִים प्रकाशनाधिकार autorsko pravo szerzői jog hak cipta höfundarréttur diritto d'autore, copyright 著作権 저작권 autoriaus teisė autortiesības hak cipta auteursrecht copyright, opphavsrett prawo autorskie د کابی حق direito de autor copyright, drept de autor авторское право copyright avtorska pravica autorsko pravo copyright, upphovsrätt ลิขสิทธิ์ telif hakkı, yapıt hakkı 版權 авторське право حق اشاعت، حق تصنيف، حق طبع quyền tác giả 版权
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

copyright

→ حُقُوق الطَّبْع والنَشْر autorské právo ophavsret Urheberrecht πνευματικά δικαιώματα derechos de propiedad intelectual tekijänoikeus droits d’auteur autorsko pravo copyright 版権 저작권 copyright opphavsrett prawo autorskie direitos autorais , direitos de autor авторское право upphovsrätt ลิขสิทธิ์ telif hakkı quyền tác giả 版权
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
References in classic literature ?
The books have survived the span of immortality fixed by our amusing copyright laws, and seem now, when any pirate publisher may plunder their author, to have a new life before them.
View in context
But tell me, are you printing this book at your own risk, or have you sold the copyright to some bookseller?"
"What!" said the author, "would your worship, then, have me give it to a bookseller who will give three maravedis for the copyright and think he is doing me a favour?
The copyright of authors has been solemnly adjudged, in Great Britain, to be a right of common law.
View in context
Law of copyright and international copyright is to be discussed, and in the interim we will sell our books for the most we can.
View in context
Some day, to protect ourselves against competitors, we shall copyright it.
View in context
After the police had sternly reprimanded James Williams for imitating a copyrighted burglar and given him as honourable a discharge as the department was capable of, Mrs.
View in context
All that he was and was not, all that he had done and most of what he had not done, was spread out for the delectation of the public, accompanied by snapshots and photographs - the latter procured from the local photographer who had once taken Martin's picture and who promptly copyrighted it and put it on the market.
View in context
Chairman Intellectual Property Organization (IPO)-Pakistan, Mujeeb Ahmed Khan said that commemoration of World Book and Copyright Day underlines the need for establishing strong connection with books through reading.
World Book & Copyright day observed
Hernandez said there were three types of licenses that politicians using copyrighted music should secure.
FILSCAP says only two candidates secured licenses for campaign jingles
design patent protection because the Copyright Office had refused to
Strategies for discerning the boundaries of copyright and patent protections
Two of the most important reasons to timely register a copyright are to be able to institute a copyright infringement action and to be able to recover statutory damages and attorneys' fees.
Copyright owners take note: registration means registration U.S. Supreme Court decision settles long-running dispute among courts

Full browser ?