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Copyright   /kˈɑpɪrˌaɪt/   Listen
noun
Copyright  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 in 1913 a copyright was valid for the term of twenty-eight years, with right of renewal for fourteen years on certain conditions. The term was extended in stages, and in 1997 the term of a copyright was life plus 50 years for individuals retaining their copyright, or 75 years for works created for hire. Further extension is still (1998) being discussed.
International copyright, an author's right in his productions as secured by treaty between nations.



verb
Copyright  v. t.  To secure a copyright on.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Copyright" Quotes from Famous Books



... was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction May and June 1962. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this ...
— Anything You Can Do ... • Gordon Randall Garrett

... the copyright" guarantees that "The Young Visiters" is the unaided effort in fiction of an authoress of nine years. "Effort," however, is an absurd word to use, as you may see by studying the triumphant countenance of the child herself, which is here reproduced as frontispiece to her sublime ...
— The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan • Daisy Ashford

... Archibald Constable and Company in 1893 being out of print but still in demand, Mr. Humphrey Milford, the present owner of the copyright, has requested me to revise the book and ...
— Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official • William Sleeman

... Copyright and simultaneous publication in Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia and other ...
— Reincarnation and the Law of Karma - A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect • William Walker Atkinson

... for as early as 1622 the Coranto, or journal of "current" foreign news, appeared. In 1641, on the eve of the civil war, the Diurnall of domestic news was issued. In 1643, when Parliament appointed a licenser, who gave copyright protection to the "catchword" or newspaper title, journalists became a "recognized body." "Newsbooks" and especially "newsletters" grew in popularity. Only a few years after the Restoration, there appeared ...
— Halleck's New English Literature • Reuben P. Halleck


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