copyright

English

Etymology

copy+‎right

Pronunciation

• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Hyphenation:copy‧right

Noun

copyright(usuallyuncountable,pluralcopyrights)

1. (uncountable)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.

   Copyrightis a separate legal area from trademarks.

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

   The artist lost thecopyrightsto her songs when she signed the contract.

   The images are stillcopyrightof the original artist.

3. (uncountable,informal,nonstandard)Aviolationof copyright law;copyright infringement.

   nocopyrightintended

   • 2019October 23, Christine Fisher, “House passes controversial copyright bill that could be abused by trolls”, inEngadget‎^[1]:

     Anyone accused ofcopyrightwould have sixty days to opt-out of the Copyright Claims Board process, in which case the plaintiff would have to seek legal action in court.

Derived terms

• ad interim copyright
• anticopyright
• copyright laundering
• copyright symbol
• copyright trap
• copyright troll
• poor man's copyright

Translations

right to publish

• Albanian:e drejtë e autoritf
• Arabic:حُقُوق النَّشْرpl(ḥuqūq an-našr)
• Armenian:հեղինակային իրավունք(hy)(heġinakayin iravunkʻ)
• Azerbaijani:müəllif hüququ
• Belarusian:а́ўтарскае пра́ваn(áŭtarskaje práva)
• Bulgarian:а́вторско пра́воn(ávtorsko právo)
• Burmese:မူပိုင်(my)(mupuing),မူပိုင်ခွင့်(mupuinghkwang.)
• Catalan:drets d'autormpl
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Bản quyền／Bản quyền(baan²kyun⁴)

  Hokkien:Bản quyền／Bản quyền(zh-min-nan)(pán-kôan)

  Mandarin:Bản quyền／Bản quyền(zh)(bǎnquán)

• Cornish:gwir-brintyam,gwirbryntyansm,gwir-pryntyam
• Czech:autorské právon,copyright(cs)m
• Danish:ophavsretc
• Dutch:auteursrecht(nl)n
• Esperanto:aŭtora rajto,aŭtororajto,kopirajto(eo)
• Estonian:autoriõigus
• Finnish:tekijänoikeus(fi),copyright(fi)
• French:(right always owned by the author)droit d’auteur(fr)m,(right attached to the work)copyright(fr)m
• Georgian:საავტორო უფლებები(saavṭoro uplebebi)
• German:Urheberrecht(de)n
• Greek:δικαιώματαδημιουργούnpl(dikaiómata dimiourgoú),πνευματικά δικαιώματα(el)npl(pnevmatiká dikaiómata)
• Hausa:hakkin-mallaka(ha)
• Hindi:कॉपीराइटm(kŏpīrāiṭ),स्वत्वाधिकारm(svatvādhikār),प्रकाशनाधिकारm(prakāśanādhikār),प्रतिलिप्यधिकारm(pratilipyadhikār)
• Hungarian:szerzői jog(hu)
• Icelandic:höfundarréttur
• Ido:autoryuro
• Indonesian:hak cipta(id)
• Irish:cóipcheartm
• Italian:copyright(it)m,diritto d'autore(it)m
• Japanese:Bản 権(ja)(はんけん, hanken),Trứ tác 権(ja)(ちょさくけん, chosakuken)
• Kazakh:авторлық құқық(avtorlyq qūqyq)
• Korean:저작권( trứ tác quyền )(ko)(jeojakgwon)
• Kyrgyz:автордук укук(avtorduk ukuk)
• Lao:ລິຂະສິດ(lo)(li kha sit)
• Latvian:autortiesībasfpl
• Lithuanian:autorinė teisėf,autorių teisėf
• Luxembourgish:Auteursrechtn
• Macedonian:а́вторско пра́воn(ávtorsko právo)
• Malay:hak cipta
• Malayalam:പകർപ്പവകാശം(ml)(pakaṟppavakāśaṁ)
• Maltese:dritt tal-awturm
• Manx:coip-chiartm
• Maori:manatā,manatārua
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:opphavsrettm

  Nynorsk:opphavsrettm

• Persian:کپی رایت(fa)(kopi-râyt),حق تکثیر(haqq-e taksir)
• Polish:prawo autorskien
• Portuguese:direitos autoraismpl
• Romanian:drept de autorn
• Russian:а́вторское пра́во(ru)n(ávtorskoje právo)
• Scottish Gaelic:dlighe-sgrìobhaidhf
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:ауторско правоn

  Roman:autorsko pravon

• Slovak:autorské právon
• Slovene:avtorske pravicefpl
• Spanish:derechos de autormpl,derecho de autor,derecho de copia
• Swahili:hakimiliki
• Swedish:copyright(sv)c,upphovsrätt(sv)c,upphovsrättsskyddn
• Tagalog:karapatang-akda,karapatang-sipi(tl)
• Tajik:ҳаққи таксир(haqq-i taksir)
• Thai:ลิขสิทธิ์(th)(lík-kà-sìt)
• Tigrinya:መሰል ደራሲ(mäsäl därasi)
• Turkish:telif hakkı(tr)
• Ukrainian:а́вторське пра́воn(ávtorsʹke právo)
• Uzbek:mualliflik huquqi
• Vietnamese:bản quyền(vi)(Bản quyền)
• Welsh:hawlfraintf
• Yakut:ааптар бырааба(aaptar bıraaba)
• Zhuang:banjgienz

Verb

copyright(third-person singular simple presentcopyrights,present participlecopyrighting,simple past and past participlecopyrighted)

1. (transitive,intransitive)To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
   • 1907,United States Congress House. Committee on Appropriations,District of Columbia Appropriations,page253:

     Every book will becopyrightedthat the publisher believes will have such a market as will justify him in going to the expense ofcopyrightingto prevent competition from other publishers.

   • 1993,Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn,The Beast at Work,→ISBN,page161:

     Further, Mr. Mullins writes FOR YOU-THE-PEOPLE,copyrightingto protect listings and to make a statement—but willingly shares his work for, after all, if it is not read then of what worth is a book?

   • 1997,Marc Davison,All Area Access: Personal Management for Unsigned Musicians,→ISBN,page171:

     The sealed contents inside postmarked by the United States Post office will be proof enough of exactly when your work was completed. The disadvantage to this form ofcopyrightingis that your work is not traceable for anyone who is interested in acquiring information regarding copyright ownership.

   • 2002,Spider-Man(film)

     J. J. Jameson: The Green Goblin. You like that? Made it up myself. These weirdos all gotta have a name now. Hoffman! Call the patent office,copyrightthe name "Green Goblin". I want a quarter every time somebody says it.

   • 2006,Josh Becker, Bruce Campbell,The Complete Guide to Low-Budget Feature Filmmaking,→ISBN,page55:

     When your script is completed you need tocopyrightit with the Library of Congress in Washington DC (you can get the forms from: Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Washington DC, 20559. Request form PA, or you can download them from www.loc.gov/copyright).

   • 2008,Ann Gaines,Don't Steal Copyrighted Stuff!,→ISBN:

     Everything else that is written or created is automaticallycopyrighted.

Derived terms

• copyrightable

Translations

place under a copyright

• Dutch:onder auteursrecht plaatsen
• Finnish:suojatatekijänoikeudella
• French:copyrighter(fr)
• Greek:κατοχυρώνω(el)(katochyróno)
• Italian:porresottocopyright
• Slovene:avtorsko zaščititi
• Spanish:registrar derechos de autor
• Swedish:upphovsrättsskydda
• Welsh:hawlfreintio

obtain a copyright

• Finnish:suojatatekijänoikeudella
• Italian:tutelareidiritti d'autore,tutelareicopyright

See also

• copyfight
• copyleft
• copyright infringement
• exclusive right
• copywrong

Basque

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishcopyright.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kopirai̯t/[ko.pi.rai̯t̪]
• Rhymes:-irai̯t

Noun

copyrightinan

1. copyright

Declension

Declension ofcopyright(inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	copyright	copyright-a	copyright-ak
ergative	copyright-ek	copyright-ak	copyright-ek
dative	copyright-i	copyright-ari	copyright-ei
genitive	copyright-en	copyright-aren	copyright-en
comitative	copyright-ekin	copyright-arekin	copyright-ekin
causative	copyright-engatik	copyright-arengatik	copyright-engatik
benefactive	copyright-entzat	copyright-arentzat	copyright-entzat
instrumental	copyright-ez	copyright-az	copyright-ez
inessive	copyright-etan	copyright-ean	copyright-etan
locative	copyright-etako	copyright-eko	copyright-etako
allative	copyright-etara	copyright-era	copyright-etara
terminative	copyright-etaraino	copyright-eraino	copyright-etaraino
directive	copyright-etarantz	copyright-erantz	copyright-etarantz
destinative	copyright-etarako	copyright-erako	copyright-etarako
ablative	copyright-etatik	copyright-etik	copyright-etatik
partitive	copyright-ik	—	—
prolative	copyright-tzat	—	—

Further reading

• “copyright”,inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia[Dictionary of the Basque Academy],Euskaltzaindia

Finnish

Etymology

FromEnglishcopyright.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkopirɑi̯t/,[ˈko̞pirɑ̝i̯t̪]

Noun

copyright

1. Synonym oftekijänoikeus(“copyright”)

Declension

Inflectionofcopyright(Kotustype 5/risti,no gradation)
nominative		copyright	copyrightit
genitive		copyrightin	copyrightien
partitive		copyrightia	copyrighteja
illative		copyrightiin	copyrighteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		copyright	copyrightit
accusative	nom.	copyright	copyrightit
	gen.	copyrightin
genitive		copyrightin	copyrightien
partitive		copyrightia	copyrighteja
inessive		copyrightissa	copyrighteissa
elative		copyrightista	copyrighteista
illative		copyrightiin	copyrighteihin
adessive		copyrightilla	copyrighteilla
ablative		copyrightilta	copyrighteilta
allative		copyrightille	copyrighteille
essive		copyrightina	copyrighteina
translative		copyrightiksi	copyrighteiksi
abessive		copyrightitta	copyrighteitta
instructive		—	copyrightein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive formsofcopyright(Kotustype 5/risti,no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative copyrightini copyrightini accusative nom. copyrightini copyrightini gen. copyrightini genitive copyrightini copyrightieni partitive copyrightiani copyrightejani inessive copyrightissani copyrighteissani elative copyrightistani copyrighteistani illative copyrightiini copyrighteihini adessive copyrightillani copyrighteillani ablative copyrightiltani copyrighteiltani allative copyrightilleni copyrighteilleni essive copyrightinani copyrighteinani translative copyrightikseni copyrighteikseni abessive copyrightittani copyrighteittani instructive — — comitative — copyrighteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative copyrightisi copyrightisi accusative nom. copyrightisi copyrightisi gen. copyrightisi genitive copyrightisi copyrightiesi partitive copyrightiasi copyrightejasi inessive copyrightissasi copyrighteissasi elative copyrightistasi copyrighteistasi illative copyrightiisi copyrighteihisi adessive copyrightillasi copyrighteillasi ablative copyrightiltasi copyrighteiltasi allative copyrightillesi copyrighteillesi essive copyrightinasi copyrighteinasi translative copyrightiksesi copyrighteiksesi abessive copyrightittasi copyrighteittasi instructive — — comitative — copyrighteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative copyrightimme copyrightimme accusative nom. copyrightimme copyrightimme gen. copyrightimme genitive copyrightimme copyrightiemme partitive copyrightiamme copyrightejamme inessive copyrightissamme copyrighteissamme elative copyrightistamme copyrighteistamme illative copyrightiimme copyrighteihimme adessive copyrightillamme copyrighteillamme ablative copyrightiltamme copyrighteiltamme allative copyrightillemme copyrighteillemme essive copyrightinamme copyrighteinamme translative copyrightiksemme copyrighteiksemme abessive copyrightittamme copyrighteittamme instructive — — comitative — copyrighteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative copyrightinne copyrightinne accusative nom. copyrightinne copyrightinne gen. copyrightinne genitive copyrightinne copyrightienne partitive copyrightianne copyrightejanne inessive copyrightissanne copyrighteissanne elative copyrightistanne copyrighteistanne illative copyrightiinne copyrighteihinne adessive copyrightillanne copyrighteillanne ablative copyrightiltanne copyrighteiltanne allative copyrightillenne copyrighteillenne essive copyrightinanne copyrighteinanne translative copyrightiksenne copyrighteiksenne abessive copyrightittanne copyrighteittanne instructive — — comitative — copyrighteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative copyrightinsa copyrightinsa accusative nom. copyrightinsa copyrightinsa gen. copyrightinsa genitive copyrightinsa copyrightiensa partitive copyrightiaan copyrightiansa copyrightejaan copyrightejansa inessive copyrightissaan copyrightissansa copyrighteissaan copyrighteissansa elative copyrightistaan copyrightistansa copyrighteistaan copyrighteistansa illative copyrightiinsa copyrighteihinsa adessive copyrightillaan copyrightillansa copyrighteillaan copyrighteillansa ablative copyrightiltaan copyrightiltansa copyrighteiltaan copyrighteiltansa allative copyrightilleen copyrightillensa copyrighteilleen copyrighteillensa essive copyrightinaan copyrightinansa copyrighteinaan copyrighteinansa translative copyrightikseen copyrightiksensa copyrighteikseen copyrighteiksensa abessive copyrightittaan copyrightittansa copyrighteittaan copyrighteittansa instructive — — comitative — copyrighteineen copyrighteinensa

Further reading

• “copyright”,inKielitoimiston sanakirja[Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2](in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus(Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–,retrieved2023-07-02

French

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishcopyright.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kɔ.pi.ʁajt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

copyrightm(pluralcopyrights)

1. copyright

   Il était… une petite grenouille
   CopyrightClé International, Paris 1986.

   There Once Was… a Little Frog
   Copyright Clé International, Paris 1986.

Further reading

• “copyright”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishcopyright.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ko.piˈrajt/,/ˌkɔ.piˈrajt/
• Rhymes:-ajt

Noun

copyrightm

1. copyright

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishcopyright

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˌkɔ.piˈwaj.t͡ʃi/[ˌkɔ.piˈwaɪ̯.t͡ʃi]

Noun

copyrightm(invariable)

1. Alternative form ofcopirraite

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishcopyright.

Noun

copyrightn(uncountable)

1. copyright

Declension

declension of copyright (singular only)

	singular
ngender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un)copyright	copyrightul
genitive/dative	(unui)copyright	copyrightului
vocative	copyrightule

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishcopyright.

Noun

copyrightm(pluralcopyrights)

1. copyright

Usage notes

According toRoyal Spanish Academy(RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “copyright”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014