Definitions for copyright

copyright cop·y·right

Spelling: [kop-ee-rahyt]
IPA: /ˈkɒp iˌraɪt/

Copyright is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 347 anagrams from letters in copyright (cghioprty).

Definitions for copyright

noun

  1. the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.

adjective

  1. of or relating to copyrights.
  2. Also, copyrighted. protected by copyright.

verb (used with object)

  1. to secure a copyright on.

Origin of copyright

First recorded in 1725-35; copy + right

Examples for copyright

For an artist like myself, the most important part is the publishing, and owning my own copyright.

I said I had a copyright of my own face, if we were engaged!

It is a pity traitors' heads are nowadays their own copyright.

Fisheries, copyright, and even customs' duties, are instances in point.

State officials were not amused, and are suing the advocacy group for copyright infringement.

Those, it will be remembered, were the days before Anglo-American copyright.

So what I always tell the kids is to be careful about signing to a label and always protect your copyright.

No epoch of time can claim a copyright in these immortal fables.

copyright © 2014 by Alain Mabanckou from Letter to Jimmy (translated by Sara Meli Ansari).

Kim is not thought to be broke just yet, but he will be soon, as movie studios seek to recoup $100m in copyright fees.

Word Value for copyright
Scrable

20

Words with friends

21

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