copyright

Other spellings

• ©

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Noun

Singular copyright

Plural copyrights

1. (countable & uncountable) Copyright is the rights given to a creator to protect their work from other uses.

   Star Wars' copyright is held by Lucasfilm.

Verb

Plain form copyright

Third-person singular copyrights

Past tense copyrighted

Past participle copyrighted

Present participle copyrighting

1. (transitive) If you copyright something, you register its copyright.

   She copyrighted her book.