Assertion: copyright | /r/Synonym | negative right
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Copyright is sometimes called a "negative right", as it serves to prohibit certain people (e.g., readers, viewers, or listeners, and primarily publishers and would be publishers) from doing something they would otherwise be able to do, rather than permitting people (e.g., authors) to do something they would otherwise be unable to do.