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derivative work

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables
deriva-tive -work
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In copyright law, a work that is a variation of an original work sufficiently similar to contain protected elements of the original work, but sufficiently different to qualify for copyright protection independent of the original work.

Inflected Forms

derivative works (plural)

Questions

What does derivative work mean?
In copyright law, a work that is a variation of an original work sufficiently similar to contain protected elements of the original work, but sufficiently different to qualify for copyright protection independent of the original work.

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