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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Recent Examples of copyright
D4vd, who is signed with Darkroom Records, actually began his career creating Fortnite montages on YouTube in 2021 and started writing original music to avoid copyright strikes on his videos.
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Two men were arrested outside Cairo on suspicion of copyright infringement on August 24, The Athletic reported.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The shutdown followed an investigation from July, 2024 to June, 2025, and operators were arrested on suspicion of copyright infringement in an action by Egyptian authorities late last month, according to ACE.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Excerpted from The Contemplative Leader, copyright © 2024 by Patrick Boland.
—Big Think, 1 Sep. 2025
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Two men were arrested outside Cairo on suspicion of copyright infringement on August 24, The Athletic reported.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The shutdown followed an investigation from July, 2024 to June, 2025, and operators were arrested on suspicion of copyright infringement in an action by Egyptian authorities late last month, according to ACE.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Excerpted from The Contemplative Leader, copyright © 2024 by Patrick Boland.
—Big Think, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copyright
patent
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The patent on the company’s blockbuster drug for heart failure, Entresto, is set to expire soon.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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It is distributed as part of the Pile, a huge data set–of–data sets consisting of patent applications, European Parliament transcriptions, subtitles from movies and TV shows, and much more.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Copyright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyright. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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