Examples of copyright in a Sentence
Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
Estates can copyright and trademark images and signatures to legally get licensing rights and, in many cases, simply use guilt to get memorabilia producers to cut a deal, according to the attorney.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 14 May 2025
Karl Blankenship, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2025
Certain monsters from the Monster Manual, like the Kraken, are in the public domain, but their specific stats in the D&D rulebook are copyrighted.
—ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
While American companies are struggling with copyright constraints, China is racing ahead with AI development, unencumbered by such concerns.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Copyright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copyright. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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copyright
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copyright
2 of 2 verbLegal Definition
copyright
1 of 2 noun
Note: Copyrights are governed by the Copyright Act of 1976 contained in title 17 of the U.S. Code. The Act protects published or unpublished works that are fixed in a tangible medium of expression from which they can be perceived. The Act does not protect matters such as an idea, process, system, or discovery. Protection under the Act extends for the life of the creator of the work plus seventy years after his or her death. For works created before January 1, 1978, but not copyrighted or in the public domain, the copyright starts on January 1, 1978, and extends for the same period as for other works, but in any case will not expire before December 31, 2002. If a work is published on or before December 31, 2002, the copyright will not expire before December 31, 2047. The Act abolishes protection under common law, as well as any rights available under state statute, in favor of the rights available under the provisions of the Act, with certain exceptions.
copyright
2 of 2 transitive verb
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