copyright trap
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any material covertly inserted into a copyrighted work in order to identify plagiarized versions.
Example Sentences
- "Publishers of maps sometimes include copyright traps—small errors such as the inclusion of a nonexistent road, “trap street,” or a fictitious bend in a road. If a competitor wrongfully copies the map, copyright traps may prove useful in a court case. In 2001 the British Automobile Association paid 20 million pounds in an out-of-court settlement to the British Ordnance Survey after having plagiarized their maps, including copyright traps (Clark 2001)."