Examples of copyright in a Sentence
Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Such legislation could help copyright owners of content used in training AI overcome the lack of transparency.
—Anjana Susarla, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2025
Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
Eligible films must have been copyrighted in 2024, 2025, or 2026, and may be no longer than 25 minutes.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 10 July 2025
ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
Last December, an Australian federal court said Aldi was liable for copyright infringement over children’s snacks packaging that resembled Hampden Holdings’ Baby Bellies puffs packaging.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
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“Copyright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copyright. Accessed 19 Aug. 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 The Act protects published or unpublished works that are fixed in a tangible medium of expression from which they can be perceived.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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