copyright

English

Etymology

copy +‎ right

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: copy‧right

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.

   Copyright is a separate legal area from trademarks.

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

   The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract.

Translations

right to publish

• Armenian: հեղինակային իրավունք (hy) (heġinakayin iravunkʻ)
• Bulgarian: а́вторско пра́во n (ávtorsko právo)
• Catalan: drets d'autor m pl
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 版權／版权 (baan² kyun⁴), 版权 (baan² kyun⁴)

  Mandarin: 版權／版权 (zh) (bǎnquán), 版权 (zh) (bǎnquán)

  Min Nan: 版權／版权 (zh-min-nan), 版权 (pán-kôan)

• Cornish: gwir-brintya m, gwirbryntyans m
• Czech: autorské právo n, copyright (cs) m
• Danish: ophavsret c
• Dutch: auteursrecht (nl) n
• Esperanto: aŭtora rajto, aŭtororajto, 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
• Georgian: საავტორო უფლებები (saavṭoro uplebebi)
• German: Urheberrecht (de) n
• Greek: δικαιώματα δημιουργού n pl (dikaiómata dimiourgoú), πνευματικά δικαιώματα n pl (pnevmatiká dikaiómata)
• Hausa: hakkin-mallaka (ha)
• Hindi: कापीराइट (hi) m (kāpīrāiṭ)
• Icelandic: höfundarréttur
• Ido: autoryuro
• Indonesian: hak cipta (id)
• Irish: cóipcheart m
• Italian: copyright (it) m, diritto d'autore (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 版権 (はんけん, hanken), 著作権 (ja) (ちょさくけん, chosakuken)
• Korean: 저작권 (ko) (jeojakgwon) (著作權 (ko))
• Luxembourgish: Auteursrecht n
• Malay: hak cipta
• Manx: coip-chiart m
• Maori: manatā, manatārua
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: opphavsrett m

  Nynorsk: opphavsrett m

• Persian: کپی رایت (fa) (kopi-râyt)
• Polish: prawo autorskie n
• Portuguese: direitos autorais m pl
• Romanian: drept de autor n
• Russian: а́вторское пра́во (ru) n (ávtorskoje právo)
• Scottish Gaelic: dlighe-sgrìobhaidh f
• Slovene: avtorske pravice f pl
• Spanish: derechos de autor m pl
• Swedish: copyright (sv) c, upphovsrätt (sv) c, upphovsrättsskydd n
• Tagalog: karapatang-akda
• Thai: ลิขสิทธิ์ (th) (lík-kà-sìt)
• Turkish: telif hakkı (tr)
• Vietnamese: bản quyền (vi) (版權)
• Welsh: hawlfraint f
• Zhuang: banjgienz

Verb

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

1. (transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
   • 1907, United States Congress House. Committee on Appropriations, District of Columbia Appropriations, page 253:

     Every book will be copyrighted that the publisher believes will have such a market as will justify him in going to the expense of copyrighting to prevent competition from other publishers.

   • 1993, Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn, The Beast at Work, →ISBN, page 161:

     Further, Mr. Mullins writes FOR YOU-THE-PEOPLE, copyrighting to protect listings and to make a statement—but willingly shares his work for, after all, if it is not read then of what worth is a book?

   • 1997, Marc Davison, All Area Access: Personal Management for Unsigned Musicians, →ISBN, page 171:

     The sealed contents inside postmarked by the United State Post office will be proof enough of exactly when your work was completed. The disadvantage to this form of copyrighting is that your work is not traceable for anyone who is interested in acquiring information regarding copyright ownership.

   • 2002, Spider-Man (film)

     J. J. Jameson: The Green Goblin. You like that? Made it up myself. These weirdos all gotta have a name now. Hoffman! Call the patent office, copyright the name "Green Goblin". I want a quarter every time somebody says it.

   • 2006, Josh Becker & ‎Bruce Campbell, The Complete Guide to Low-Budget Feature Filmmaking, →ISBN, page 55:

     When your script is completed you need to copyright it with the Library of Congress in Washington DC (you can get the forms from: Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Washington DC, 20559. Request form PA, or you can download them from www.loc.gov/copyright).

   • 2008, Ann Gaines, Don't Steal Copyrighted Stuff!, →ISBN:

     Everything else that is written or created is automatically copyrighted.

Derived terms

• copyrightable

Translations

place under a copyright

• Dutch: onder auteursrecht plaatsen
• Finnish: suojata tekijänoikeudella
• Greek: κατοχυρώνω (el) (katochyróno)
• Italian: porre sotto copyright
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Slovene: avtorsko zaščititi
• Swedish: upphovsrättsskydda
• Welsh: hawlfreintio

obtain a copyright

• Finnish: suojata tekijänoikeudella
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: tutelare i diritti d'autore, tutelare i copyright

See also

• copyfight
• copyleft
• copyright infringement
• exclusive right
• copywrong

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Finnish

Noun

copyright

1. copyright

Declension

Inflection of copyright (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		copyright	copyrightit
genitive		copyrightin	copyrightien
partitive		copyrightia	copyrighteja
illative		copyrightiin	copyrighteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		copyright	copyrightit
accusative	nom.	copyright	copyrightit
	gen.	copyrightin
genitive		copyrightin	copyrightien
partitive		copyrightia	copyrighteja
inessive		copyrightissa	copyrighteissa
elative		copyrightista	copyrighteista
illative		copyrightiin	copyrighteihin
adessive		copyrightilla	copyrighteilla
ablative		copyrightilta	copyrighteilta
allative		copyrightille	copyrighteille
essive		copyrightina	copyrighteina
translative		copyrightiksi	copyrighteiksi
abessive		copyrightitta	copyrighteitta
instructive		—	copyrightein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of copyright (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative copyrightini copyrightini accusative nom. copyrightini copyrightini gen. copyrightini genitive copyrightini copyrightieni partitive copyrightiani copyrightejani inessive copyrightissani copyrighteissani elative copyrightistani copyrighteistani illative copyrightiini copyrighteihini adessive copyrightillani copyrighteillani ablative copyrightiltani copyrighteiltani allative copyrightilleni copyrighteilleni essive copyrightinani copyrighteinani translative copyrightikseni copyrighteikseni abessive copyrightittani copyrighteittani instructive — — comitative — copyrighteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative copyrightisi copyrightisi accusative nom. copyrightisi copyrightisi gen. copyrightisi genitive copyrightisi copyrightiesi partitive copyrightiasi copyrightejasi inessive copyrightissasi copyrighteissasi elative copyrightistasi copyrighteistasi illative copyrightiisi copyrighteihisi adessive copyrightillasi copyrighteillasi ablative copyrightiltasi copyrighteiltasi allative copyrightillesi copyrighteillesi essive copyrightinasi copyrighteinasi translative copyrightiksesi copyrighteiksesi abessive copyrightittasi copyrighteittasi instructive — — comitative — copyrighteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative copyrightimme copyrightimme accusative nom. copyrightimme copyrightimme gen. copyrightimme genitive copyrightimme copyrightiemme partitive copyrightiamme copyrightejamme inessive copyrightissamme copyrighteissamme elative copyrightistamme copyrighteistamme illative copyrightiimme copyrighteihimme adessive copyrightillamme copyrighteillamme ablative copyrightiltamme copyrighteiltamme allative copyrightillemme copyrighteillemme essive copyrightinamme copyrighteinamme translative copyrightiksemme copyrighteiksemme abessive copyrightittamme copyrighteittamme instructive — — comitative — copyrighteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative copyrightinne copyrightinne accusative nom. copyrightinne copyrightinne gen. copyrightinne genitive copyrightinne copyrightienne partitive copyrightianne copyrightejanne inessive copyrightissanne copyrighteissanne elative copyrightistanne copyrighteistanne illative copyrightiinne copyrighteihinne adessive copyrightillanne copyrighteillanne ablative copyrightiltanne copyrighteiltanne allative copyrightillenne copyrighteillenne essive copyrightinanne copyrighteinanne translative copyrightiksenne copyrighteiksenne abessive copyrightittanne copyrighteittanne instructive — — comitative — copyrighteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative copyrightinsa copyrightinsa accusative nom. copyrightinsa copyrightinsa gen. copyrightinsa genitive copyrightinsa copyrightiensa partitive copyrightiaan copyrightiansa copyrightejaan copyrightejansa inessive copyrightissaan copyrightissansa copyrighteissaan copyrighteissansa elative copyrightistaan copyrightistansa copyrighteistaan copyrighteistansa illative copyrightiinsa copyrighteihinsa adessive copyrightillaan copyrightillansa copyrighteillaan copyrighteillansa ablative copyrightiltaan copyrightiltansa copyrighteiltaan copyrighteiltansa allative copyrightilleen copyrightillensa copyrighteilleen copyrighteillensa essive copyrightinaan copyrightinansa copyrighteinaan copyrighteinansa translative copyrightikseen copyrightiksensa copyrighteikseen copyrighteiksensa abessive copyrightittaan copyrightittansa copyrighteittaan copyrighteittansa instructive — — comitative — copyrighteineen copyrighteinensa

Synonyms

• tekijänoikeus

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French

Etymology

From English copyright

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.pi.ʁajt/

Noun

copyright m (plural copyrights)

1. copyright

   Il était … une petite grenouille
   Copyright Clé International, Paris 1986.

   There Once Was… a Little Frog
   Copyright Clé International, Paris 1986.

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Italian

Etymology

From English copyright

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopj.rid͡ʒ.t/, /ˈkopjˌrait/

Noun

copyright m

1. copyright

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Spanish

Noun

copyright m (plural copyrights)

1. copyright