copyright

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cop‧y‧right/ˈkɒpiraɪt $ ˈkɑː-/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]
the legal right to be the only producer or seller of a book, play, film, or record for a specific length of time:
　 ▪ Who owns the copyright of this book?
　 ▪ The database will be protected by copyright.
infringement/breach of copyright (=when you break the copyright laws)

—copyright adjective:
　 ▪ copyright material

—copyright verb [TRANSITIVE]

noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
tax/copyright/divorce etc law(s)
▪ an accountant who knows about tax law
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
federal
▪ Neither the federal copyright law nor guidelines mentioned above apply to copying computer software, and such copying is not fair use.
NOUN
infringement
▪ An endorsement like that may make Mr Koons forget all about losing his six-figure copyright infringement suit.
▪ They look for potential copyright infringement and verify names, phone numbers and addresses included in scripts.
▪ Additional damages are also provided for as they are for copyright infringement and the unregistered design right generally.
▪ These three important exceptions to copyright infringement are described and examined below.
law
▪ Descriptions or drawings of ideas are also afforded some protection under copyright law.
▪ The industry released the figures after a federal court ruled this month that the service helped users to violate music copyright laws.
▪ Essentially, copyright law does not prevent this as long as the original program is not copied or adapted.
▪ To do so would breach copyright laws.
▪ Neither the federal copyright law nor guidelines mentioned above apply to copying computer software, and such copying is not fair use.
▪ Publications are not available for loan, but photocopying within the terms of copyright law is available.
▪ This will include newspaper cuttings and the references referred to above, although taking care not to breach copyright laws.
library
▪ Oxford has almost unparalleled library facilities in the Bodleian, which is a copyright library.
▪ The situation in Oxbridge and London is clearly less serious, since there the copyright libraries are to hand.
notice
▪ Pictorial matter released by the Euro Disney Company is indicated by the copyright notice © Disney.
▪ According to the then-prevailing legal opinion, a copyright notice would have tainted its trade secret protections.
owner
▪ A literal copy of a computer program infringes copyright if made without the consent of the copyright owner.
protection
▪ In some respects, the decision strengthens copyright protection for computer programs.
▪ Even if copyright protection of computer programs is developed by the courts to become stronger, the Act does contain safeguards.
▪ The scope of the copyright protection, however, is not always clear.
▪ The deposit of a thesis in a library gives no guarantee of copyright protection.
▪ The threshold for copyright protection in the United Kingdom is low compared to some other countries.
VERB
infringe
▪ It was held that the defendant had infringed copyright by copying the two-line moving cursor menu.
▪ A literal copy of a computer program infringes copyright if made without the consent of the copyright owner.
own
▪ In such an example, the photographer will own the copyright of the photograph and the artist copyright in the original work.
▪ Who owns the copyright when there is more than one author?
▪ However, this does mean that your organisation must own the copyright of all the pictures you send out.
protect
▪ There is a typical example among writers, seeking to protect copyright and to negotiate general contract conditions.
▪ For example, in some cases the bill would make it illegal for Internet users to access information not protected by copyright.
▪ These programs are, of course, protected by copyright.
▪ It is easy to protect your songs' copyrights.
▪ Some computer inventions have to be protected by copyright rather than patents.
▪ It needs to be borne in mind that the computer program will be protected by copyright law regardless of the patent situation.
▪ Drawings are prepared for most designs and drawings are protected by copyright as artistic works, irrespective of artistic quality.
▪ In general, the photograph will be protected by copyright which will be owned by the publisher or perhaps a freelance photographer.
violate
▪ The industry released the figures after a federal court ruled this month that the service helped users to violate music copyright laws.
▪ Registration and deposit are also necessary before a court can take certain actions against those who violate a copyright.
▪ What are the penalties for violating a copyright?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a violation of copyright laws
▪ Mitchell's family owns the copyrights to her book.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Descriptions or drawings of ideas are also afforded some protection under copyright law.
▪ For example, in some cases the bill would make it illegal for Internet users to access information not protected by copyright.
▪ In Britain, copyright exists as soon as a song is recorded on to tape or written on manuscript.
▪ In other words, should copyright extend to non-literal elements which are not directly perceivable?
▪ Last April, Kantor identified 38 countries who either denied protection of intellectual property or supported copyright and patent piracy.
▪ Some businesses are attaching electronic copyright stamps to their work, and the bill would make erasing these stamps illegal.
▪ There is a typical example among writers, seeking to protect copyright and to negotiate general contract conditions.