Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
COPYRIGHTING
Verb
copyrighting
present participle of copyright
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COPYRIGHT
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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