单词 | copyright |
释义 | copyright (once / 240 pages) nv A copyright is a document that gives the ownership rights over artistic work, like songs or stories. If you don't get a copyright for your brilliant new novel, someone could adapt it into a movie without paying you a dime. Copyright means exactly what it sounds like: the right to make copies of something. If you copyright a song, a singer will to have to pay you to record it. Usually, copyright only lasts for a certain number of years. In the U.S. when a book or song has had a copyright for more than 75 years, that expires and it becomes "public domain," which means nobody owns the rights to it anymore. WORD FAMILYcopyright: copyrighted, copyrighting, copyrights USAGE EXAMPLESThese include such evils as copyright infringement, cybercrime, the invasion of privacy, hate speech, espionage—and perhaps cyberwar. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) In 1906, Mark Twain, dressed in his signature white suit, addressed the Senate patents committee as he argued for the extension of copyright protection. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) This new fluidity of copyright and employment in TV is changing the game. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work Syn|Hyper right of first publication legal right a right based in law document, papers, written documentwriting that provides information (especially information of an official nature) 2v secure a copyright on a written work did you copyright your manuscript? Hyper procure, secure get by special effort |
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