copyright

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Noun

copyright (usually uncountable; plural copyrights)

1. (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.
2. (countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.

Translations

right to publish

Armenian: հեղինակային իրավունք (hy) (heġinakayin iravunk') Bulgarian: авторско право (bg) (ávtorsko právo) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 版權 (zh), 版权 (zh) (bǎnquán) Min Nan: 版權, 版权 (pán-kôan) Czech: autorské právo (cs) n., copyright (cs) m. Dutch: auteursrecht (nl) n. Esperanto: aŭtora rajto (eo), aŭtororajto (eo), kopirajto (eo) Finnish: tekijänoikeus (fi) French: (right always owned by the author) droit d'auteur (fr) m., (right attached to the work) copyright (fr) m. German: Urheberrecht (de) n.

Ido: autoryuro (io) Japanese: 著作権 (ja) (ちょさくけん, chosakuken) Korean: 저작권 (ko) (jeojakgwon) (著作權 (ko)) Polish: prawo autorskie (pl) n. Portuguese: direitos autorais (pt) m. pl. Russian: авторское право (ru) (ávtorskoje právo) n. Scottish Gaelic: dlighe-sgrìobhaidh (gd) f. Slovene: avtorske pravice (sl) f. pl. Spanish: derechos de autor (es) m. pl. Swedish: copyright (sv) c., upphovsrätt (sv) c., upphovsrättsskydd (sv) n. Vietnamese: bản quyền (vi) (版權 (vi)) Welsh: hawlfraint (cy) f.

Verb

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

1. To place under a copyright.
2. To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.

Derived terms

• copyrightable

Translations

place under a copyright

Dutch: onder auteursrecht plaatsen Finnish: suojata tekijänoikeudella (fi) Slovene: avtorsko zaščititi

Swedish: upphovsrättsskydda (sv) Welsh: hawlfreintio (cy)

obtain a copyright

Finnish: suojata tekijänoikeudella (fi)

See also

• copyright infringement
• copyright misuse
• copyright paranoia
• exclusive right

Statistics

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Finnish

Noun

copyright

1. copyright

Declension

Declension of copyright (type risti) singular plural nominative copyright copyrightit genitive copyrightin copyrightien partitive copyrightia copyrighteja accusative copyright copyrightin copyrightit inessive copyrightissa copyrighteissa elative copyrightista copyrighteista illative copyrightiin copyrighteihin adessive copyrightilla copyrighteilla ablative copyrightilta copyrighteilta allative copyrightille copyrighteille essive copyrightina copyrighteina translative copyrightiksi copyrighteiksi instructive – copyrightein abessive copyrightitta copyrighteitta comitative – copyrighteineen

Synonyms

• tekijänoikeus