# copyright
## English
### Etymology

From copy +‎ right.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: copywrite
* Hyphenation: copy‧right
* Rhymes: -aɪt

### Noun

copyright (usually uncountable, plural copyrights)
* (uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
    Copyright is a separate legal area from trademarks.
* (countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
    The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract.
    The images are still copyright of the original artist.
** 2005, Gerard M Stegmaier, The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: 2005 supplement:For me personally, the copyrights and "copywrongs," as I have called them, simply boil down to either one or two things, and that is it's either an act of distribution or it is an act of consumption.
** 2012 January 18, Bill Mears, “Justices allow copyrights on foreign works”, in CNN‎:The 1994 law in question was designed to put the United States in compliance with global treaties on intellectual property– the Berne Convention and the so-called Uruguay Round. The federal legislation created copyrights to foreign works that had not previously been covered.
* (uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
    no copyright intended
** 2019 October 23, Christine Fisher, “House passes controversial copyright bill that could be abused by trolls”, in Engadget‎:Anyone accused of copyright would have sixty days to opt-out of the Copyright Claims Board process, in which case the plaintiff would have to seek legal action in court.

#### Derived terms

* ad interim copyright
* anticopyright
* copyfighter
* copyfree
* copyleft
* copyreich
* copyrightability
* copyrighter
* copyright laundering
* copyrightless
* copyright symbol
* copyright trap
* copyright troll
* copystrike
* poor man's copyright
* recopyright
* uncopyrightability

#### Translations
### Verb

copyright (third-person singular simple present copyrights, present participle copyrighting, simple past and past participle copyrighted)
* (transitive, intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
** 1907, United States Congress House. Committee on Appropriations, District of Columbia Appropriations, page 253:Every book will be copyrighted that the publisher believes will have such a market as will justify him in going to the expense of copyrighting to prevent competition from other publishers.
** 1993, Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn, The Beast at Work, →ISBN, page 161:Further, Mr. Mullins writes FOR YOU-THE-PEOPLE, copyrighting to protect listings and to make a statement—but willingly shares his work for, after all, if it is not read then of what worth is a book?
** 1997, Marc Davison, All Area Access: Personal Management for Unsigned Musicians, →ISBN, page 171:The sealed contents inside postmarked by the United States Post office will be proof enough of exactly when your work was completed. The disadvantage to this form of copyrighting is that your work is not traceable for anyone who is interested in acquiring information regarding copyright ownership.
** 2002, Spider-Man (film)
    J. J. Jameson: The Green Goblin. You like that? Made it up myself. These weirdos all gotta have a name now. Hoffman! Call the patent office, copyright the name "Green Goblin". I want a quarter every time somebody says it.
** 2006, Josh Becker, Bruce Campbell, The Complete Guide to Low-Budget Feature Filmmaking, →ISBN, page 55:When your script is completed you need to copyright it with the Library of Congress in Washington DC (you can get the forms from: Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Washington DC, 20559. Request form PA, or you can download them from www.loc.gov/copyright).
** 2008, Ann Gaines, Don't Steal Copyrighted Stuff!, →ISBN:Everything else that is written or created is automatically copyrighted.
* (transitive, informal, nonstandard) To flag for copyright violation, to copystrike.
    I won’t play this track, I don’t wanna get copyrighted.

#### Derived terms

* copyrightable

#### Translations
### See also

* copyfight
* copyleft
* copyright infringement
* exclusive right
* copywrong

## Basque
### Etymology

Borrowed from English copyright.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kopirai̯t/ [ko.pi.rai̯t̪]
* Rhymes: -irai̯t, -ai̯t

### Noun

copyright inan
* copyright

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “copyright”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English copyright.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkopirɑi̯t/, [ˈko̞pirɑ̝i̯t̪]
* Rhymes: -opirɑit

### Noun

copyright
* Synonym of tekijänoikeus (“copyright”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of copyright (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
copyrightini
copyrightini
accusative
nom.
copyrightini
copyrightini
gen.
copyrightini
genitive
copyrightini
copyrightieni
partitive
copyrightiani
copyrightejani
inessive
copyrightissani
copyrighteissani
elative
copyrightistani
copyrighteistani
illative
copyrightiini
copyrighteihini
adessive
copyrightillani
copyrighteillani
ablative
copyrightiltani
copyrighteiltani
allative
copyrightilleni
copyrighteilleni
essive
copyrightinani
copyrighteinani
translative
copyrightikseni
copyrighteikseni
abessive
copyrightittani
copyrighteittani
instructive
comitative
—copyrighteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
copyrightisi
copyrightisi
accusative
nom.
copyrightisi
copyrightisi
gen.
copyrightisi
genitive
copyrightisi
copyrightiesi
partitive
copyrightiasi
copyrightejasi
inessive
copyrightissasi
copyrighteissasi
elative
copyrightistasi
copyrighteistasi
illative
copyrightiisi
copyrighteihisi
adessive
copyrightillasi
copyrighteillasi
ablative
copyrightiltasi
copyrighteiltasi
allative
copyrightillesi
copyrighteillesi
essive
copyrightinasi
copyrighteinasi
translative
copyrightiksesi
copyrighteiksesi
abessive
copyrightittasi
copyrighteittasi
instructive
comitative
—copyrighteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
copyrightimme
copyrightimme
accusative
nom.
copyrightimme
copyrightimme
gen.
copyrightimme
genitive
copyrightimme
copyrightiemme
partitive
copyrightiamme
copyrightejamme
inessive
copyrightissamme
copyrighteissamme
elative
copyrightistamme
copyrighteistamme
illative
copyrightiimme
copyrighteihimme
adessive
copyrightillamme
copyrighteillamme
ablative
copyrightiltamme
copyrighteiltamme
allative
copyrightillemme
copyrighteillemme
essive
copyrightinamme
copyrighteinamme
translative
copyrightiksemme
copyrighteiksemme
abessive
copyrightittamme
copyrighteittamme
instructive
comitative
—copyrighteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
copyrightinne
copyrightinne
accusative
nom.
copyrightinne
copyrightinne
gen.
copyrightinne
genitive
copyrightinne
copyrightienne
partitive
copyrightianne
copyrightejanne
inessive
copyrightissanne
copyrighteissanne
elative
copyrightistanne
copyrighteistanne
illative
copyrightiinne
copyrighteihinne
adessive
copyrightillanne
copyrighteillanne
ablative
copyrightiltanne
copyrighteiltanne
allative
copyrightillenne
copyrighteillenne
essive
copyrightinanne
copyrighteinanne
translative
copyrightiksenne
copyrighteiksenne
abessive
copyrightittanne
copyrighteittanne
instructive
comitative
—copyrighteinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
copyrightinsa
copyrightinsa
accusative
nom.
copyrightinsa
copyrightinsa
gen.
copyrightinsa
genitive
copyrightinsa
copyrightiensa
partitive
copyrightiaan copyrightiansa
copyrightejaan copyrightejansa
inessive
copyrightissaan copyrightissansa
copyrighteissaan copyrighteissansa
elative
copyrightistaan copyrightistansa
copyrighteistaan copyrighteistansa
illative
copyrightiinsa
copyrighteihinsa
adessive
copyrightillaan copyrightillansa
copyrighteillaan copyrighteillansa
ablative
copyrightiltaan copyrightiltansa
copyrighteiltaan copyrighteiltansa
allative
copyrightilleen copyrightillensa
copyrighteilleen copyrighteillensa
essive
copyrightinaan copyrightinansa
copyrighteinaan copyrighteinansa
translative
copyrightikseen copyrightiksensa
copyrighteikseen copyrighteiksensa
abessive
copyrightittaan copyrightittansa
copyrighteittaan copyrighteittansa
instructive
comitative
—copyrighteineen copyrighteinensa :

### Further reading

* “copyright”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English copyright.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ.pi.ʁajt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

copyright m (plural copyrights)
* copyright
    Il était … une petite grenouille Copyright Clé International, Paris 1986.There Once Was… a Little Frog Copyright Clé International, Paris 1986.

### Further reading

* “copyright”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English copyright.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ko.piˈrajt/, /ˌkɔ.piˈrajt/
* Rhymes: -ajt

### Noun

copyright m
* copyright

### References

* ↑ copyright in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* ↑ copyright in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English copyright

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌkɔ.piˈwaj.t͡ʃi/ [ˌkɔ.piˈwaɪ̯.t͡ʃi]

### Noun

copyright m (invariable)
* Alternative form of copirraite

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English copyright.

### Noun

copyright n (uncountable)
* copyright

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English copyright.

### Noun

copyright m (plural copyrights)
* copyright

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* “copyright”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10