Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)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.

    Urheberrecht

    а́вторское пра́воávtorskoje právo

    а́вторське пра́воávtorsʹke právo

  2. (countable, usually)Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.

    The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract.

    The images are still copyright of the original artist.

  3. (informal, nonstandard, uncountable, usually)A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.

    no copyright intended

More definitions
  • a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work

Examples

70 sentences
  1. You can't copyright that.

    ruТы не можешь это закопирайтить. — ZegPhig

  2. This book is still copyrighted.

    ruЭта книга всё ещё защищена копирайтом. — Ooneykcall

    deDieses Buch unterliegt immer noch dem Urheberrecht. — Tamy

  3. I don't believe in copyright.

    Я не вірю в авторське право. — deniko

    ruЯ не верю в авторское право. — marafon

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  4. Don't add sentences from copyrighted sources.

    Не додавайте речення з джерел, що захищенні авторським правом. — deniko

    ruНе добавляйте предложения из источников, защищённых авторским правом. — al_ex_an_der

    deFüge keine urheberrechtlich geschützten Sätze hinzu. — lilygilder

  5. This was a translation of copyrighted material, so I deleted it since copyright owners have the right to control derivative works.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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right to publish:
Deutsch
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Origin

From copy + right.

From copy + right.

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Forms

plural: copyrights
Singularcopyright
Pluralcopyrights

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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