copyrightable

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Etymology

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From copyright +‎ -able.

Adjective

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copyrightable (not comparable)

  1. (copyright law) Able to be protected by copyright law.
    • 1984, MJ Touponse, “Application of Copyright Law to Computer Operating System Programs: Apple Computer, Inc. v. Franklin”, in Connecticut Law Review, page 665:
      The four criteria that Congress, courts, and theorists have traditionally employed to distinguish the copyrightable from the uncopyrightable are: []

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Noun

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copyrightable (plural copyrightables)

  1. Anything for which one can obtain copyright.