copyright
/ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.24 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Copyright is a separate legal area from trademarks."
- "One of the important points that would have to be examined in such a discussion would be how far the growth of this class has been artificially stimulated by the law of copyright.¹"
- "The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract."
- "The images are still copyright of the original artist."
- "For me personally, the copyrights and "copywrongs," as I have called them, simply boil down to either one or two things, and that is it's either an act of distribution or it is an act of consumption."
- "The 1994 law in question was designed to put the United States in compliance with global treaties on intellectual property– the Berne Convention and the so-called Uruguay Round. The federal legislation created copyrights to foreign works that had not previously been covered."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/
- British English: /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/