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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COPYRIGHT, n. The sole right which an author has in his own original literary compositions; the exclusive right of an author to print, publish and vend his own literary works, for his own benefit; the like right in the hands of an assignee.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work [syn: copyright, right of first publication] v
1: secure a copyright on a written work; "did you copyright your manuscript?"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1735 the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something (as a literary, musical, or artistic work) II. transitive verb Date: circa 1806 to secure a copyright on • copyrightable adjective III. adjective Date: 1870 secured by copyright

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n., adj., & v. --n. the exclusive legal right granted for a specified period to an author, designer, etc., or another appointed person, to print, publish, perform, film, or record original literary, artistic, or musical material. --adj. (of such material) protected by copyright. --v.tr. secure copyright for (material). Phrases and idioms: copyright library Brit. a library entitled to a free copy of each book published in the UK.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 well as in books. Note: In the United States a copyright runs for the term of twenty-eight years, with right of renewal for fourteen years on certain conditions.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Copyright Cop"y*right`, v. t. To secure a copyright on.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(copyrights) If someone has copyright on a piece of writing or music, it is illegal to reproduce or perform it without their permission. To order a book one first had to get permission from the monastery that held the copyright... She threatened legal action against the Sun for breach of copyright. N-VAR

Moby Thesaurus

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