Examples of copyright in a Sentence
David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The company recently rolled out Sora 2, its most advanced video generation model, which ran into immediate copyright infringement issues and drew criticism after it was used to create deepfakes of historical figures including Martin Luther King Jr.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Characters are copyrightable — meaning third parties can’t use copyrighted or original characters without permission — and Sora is primed to be a fresh breeding ground for infringement disputes.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2025
Gene Maddaus, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
The approach has sparked a wave of copyright lawsuits.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Copyright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copyright. Accessed 31 Oct. 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 The Act protects published or unpublished works that are fixed in a tangible medium of expression from which they can be perceived.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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