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noun (uncountable and countable. plural: copyrights)
  1. (uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
  2. (countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
  3. (countable) The copyright symbol ©, a circumscribed C.
Translations: 
  • French: depends on the kind of law applicable: droit d'auteur (right always owned by the author), copyright (right attached to the work)
  • German: Urheberrecht
  • Spanish: derechos de autor m pl
verb 
  1. To place under a copyright.
  2. To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: onder auteursrecht plaatsen

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