copyright

copyright
1. noun
a) 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.

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b) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
2. verb
a) To place under a copyright.
b) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.

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  • Copyright — Copyright …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • copyright — copy·right 1 / kä pē ˌrīt/ n: a person s exclusive right to reproduce, publish, or sell his or her original work of authorship (as a literary, musical, dramatic, artistic, or architectural work) see also common law copyright, fair use at use 2,… …   Law dictionary

  • copyright — [ kɔpirajt ] n. m. • 1878; mot angl. « droit de copie, de reproduction » ♦ Droit exclusif que détient un auteur ou son représentant d exploiter pendant une durée déterminée une œuvre littéraire ou artistique (symb. ©). Date du dépôt de copyright …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • copyright — s.n. Drept rezervat numai autorului sau editorului de a reproduce şi de a vinde operele literare, artistice şi ştiinţifice în alte ţări; drepturi legale de autor. [pr.: cópirait] – cuv. engl. Trimis de IoanSoleriu, 31.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 … …   Dicționar Român

  • Copyright — Sn Urheberrecht erw. fach. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. copyright Abdrucksrecht zu ne. copy abdrucken, kopieren und ne. right Recht . Der in den Vereinigten Staaten beschlossenen Copyright Vereinbarung hat sich Deutschland 1892… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • copyright — [käp′ērīt΄] n. [ COPY + RIGHT] the exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of… …   English World dictionary

  • copyright — (plural copyrights; del inglés; pronunciamos copirráit ) sustantivo masculino 1. Propiedad intelectual o literaria de una obra: La ley prohíbe cualquier reproducción de un libro sin autorización escrita del titular del copyright. Esta edición es… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Copyright — Cop y*right , v. t. To secure a copyright on. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Copyright — (spr. Koppireit), das Verlagsrecht; Copyright Bill, Gesetz über das Verlagseigenthum; Copyrightedition (spr. Koppireitedischen), rechtmäßige Ausgabe eines Buches …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Copyright — (engl., spr. kóppirait), Verlagsrecht, Urheberrecht (s. diese Artikel) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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