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.
The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.
Noun
a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
Verb
secure a copyright on a written work; "did you copyright your manuscript?"
n.
The right of an author or his assignee, under statute,
to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all
other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings,
plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.
v. t.
To secure a copyright on.
Copyright
Copyright
The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.
To secure a copyright on.
Usage Examples
It's the golden age of French cinema again but it's because Sarkozy had the guts to push through copyright law.
I think art is the only thing that's spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other people's interpretations of God. I don't think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what God means.
Making movies is a very different experience in a lot of ways. It's difficult when you're used to owning the copyright and having a landlord's possessory rights - I rent my plays to the companies that do them and, if I'm upset, I can pull the play. But the only two directors I've worked with are pretty great.
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Other Usage ExamplesOnly one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device.
Vigorous enforcement of copyrights themselves is an important part of the picture. But I don't think that expanding the legal definition of copyright outside of actual copyright infringement is the right move.
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