Definition of COPYRIGHT. Meaning of COPYRIGHT. Synonyms of COPYRIGHT

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Definition of COPYRIGHT

Copyright
Copyright Cop"y*right, n. The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books. Note: In the United States a copyright runs for the term of twenty-eight years, with right of renewal for fourteen years on certain conditions.
Copyright
Copyright Cop"y*right`, v. t. To secure a copyright on.

Meaning of COPYRIGHT from wikipedia

- A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative...
- Copyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright without permission for a usage where such permission...
- The copyright symbol, or copyright sign, © (a circled capital letter C for copyright), is the symbol used in copyright notices for works other than sound...
- Copyright is the right to copy and publish a particular work. The terms "copy" and "publish" are quite broad. They include copying in electronic form...
- The copyright law of the United States grants monopoly protection for "original works of authorship". With the stated purpose to promote art and culture...
- been created before copyright existed, or by their copyright term having expired. Some works are not covered by a country's copyright laws, and are therefore...
- United States copyright law, a copyright notice is a notice of statutorily prescribed form that informs users of the underlying claim to copyright ownership...
- Criticism of copyright, or anti-copyright sentiment, is a dissenting view of the current state of copyright law or copyright as a concept. Critics often...
- United States Copyright Office (USCO), a part of the Library of Congress, is a United States government body that registers copyright claims, records...
- work of the United States government is defined by the United States copyright law, as "a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States...