Definitions for: Copyright


[n] a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
[adj] (of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work) protected by copyright; "permission to publish copyright material"
[v] secure a copyright on a written work; "did you copyright your manuscript?"



Webster (1913) Definition: Cop"y*right, 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.

Note: In the United States a copyright runs for the term of
twenty-eight years, with right of renewal for fourteen
years on certain conditions.



International copyright, an author's right in his
productions as secured by treaty between nations.


Cop"y*right`, v. t.
To secure a copyright on.

Synonyms: copyrighted, proprietary, right of first publication

See Also: document, legal right, papers, procure, secure, written document

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