About The Word Copyright

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Copyright

Copyright Meaning & Definition
Copyright Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Copyright?

[n] a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
[adj] (of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work) protected by copyright; "permission to publish copyright material"
[v] secure a copyright on a written work; "did you copyright your manuscript?"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Copyright: copyrighted | proprietary | right of first publication

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See Also | document | legal right | papers | procure | secure | written document

Copyright In Webster's Dictionary

\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. {International copyright}, an author's right in his productions as secured by treaty between nations.
\Cop"y*right`\, v. t. To secure a copyright on.

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