COPYRIGHT

copyright, right of first publication

(noun) a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work

copyright

(verb) secure a copyright on a written work; “did you copyright your manuscript?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

copyright (usually uncountable, plural copyrights)

(uncountable) 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.

(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.

Verb

copyright (third-person singular simple present copyrights, present participle copyrighting, simple past and past participle copyrighted)

(transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.

Source: Wiktionary

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Cop"y*right, n.

Definition: 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. International copyright, an author's right in his productions as secured by treaty between nations.

Cop"y*right`, v. t.

Definition: To secure a copyright on.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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