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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Furthermore, by ignoring copyright, the plan invites the unchecked scraping of creative and scientific work, which risks normalizing extracting data without attribution and creating a chilling effect on open scholarship.
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Mohammad Hosseini, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
The parties noted that the apparel in question does not contain any copyright management information that is protected under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025
If the court rules that Anthropic knowingly violated copyright law, the resulting fines could be enormous, potentially in the billions, even at the lower end of the scale.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 28 July 2025
These activities constitute a serious violation of copyright law and other applicable laws and regulations.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
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Mohammad Hosseini, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
The parties noted that the apparel in question does not contain any copyright management information that is protected under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025
If the court rules that Anthropic knowingly violated copyright law, the resulting fines could be enormous, potentially in the billions, even at the lower end of the scale.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 28 July 2025
These activities constitute a serious violation of copyright law and other applicable laws and regulations.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copyright
patent
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This category was evaluated based on a company's patent activity, its impact and its research and design investment.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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Under the previous presidential administration, federal agencies identified potential uses for AI such as processing patent applications, detecting tax fraud, reviewing grant submissions and copy-editing press releases.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Copyright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyright. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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