as in patent
the legal right to be the only one to reproduce, publish, and sell a book, musical recording, etc., for a certain period of time
His family still holds the copyright to his songs. laws that protect copyrights
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Protecting your edge with legal safeguards Patents and copyrights can be helpful defensive moats, especially for deep tech companies.
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Check Warner Mbe, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
In 2007, Paramount and MTV owner Viacom sued Google, which bought YouTube the year before for $1.65 billion, for copyright infringement.
—Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
In another camp are the New York Times and other newspapers, which have sued OpenAI as well as Microsoft, alleging the tech companies engaged in copyright infringement by using the publishers’ content to train their AI systems.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025
It was framed as a copyright infringement lawsuit, rather than a battle over ownership due to a three-year statute of limitations that was maxed out multiple times over because Country Grammar was released 24 years ago.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
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Check Warner Mbe, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
In 2007, Paramount and MTV owner Viacom sued Google, which bought YouTube the year before for $1.65 billion, for copyright infringement.
—Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
In another camp are the New York Times and other newspapers, which have sued OpenAI as well as Microsoft, alleging the tech companies engaged in copyright infringement by using the publishers’ content to train their AI systems.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025
It was framed as a copyright infringement lawsuit, rather than a battle over ownership due to a three-year statute of limitations that was maxed out multiple times over because Country Grammar was released 24 years ago.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copyright
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This includes potential acquisitions or partnerships on drugs, representing another level to pull to offset patent expirations.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
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Royalty Relief Method The royalty relief method estimates brand or patent value by calculating hypothetical licensing fees.—
Tami Saito,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Copyright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyright. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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