Examples of copyright in a Sentence
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 July 2025
Suno was one of two AI companies sued last year by major record labels — including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group — which allege that the companies infringed on the labels’ recording copyrights in order to train their music-generating models.
—Natalie Kainz, NBC news, 3 July 2025
Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Google spent years beating back legal challenges from authors to its online book library, which included many newer and copyrighted works.
—Matt O'Brien, Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2025
Sarah Montana, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
Other newspapers subsequently filed copyright claims against the tech giants.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Copyright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copyright. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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copyright
1 of 2 noun
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 The Act protects published or unpublished works that are fixed in a tangible medium of expression from which they can be perceived.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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