copyright

Other spellings

• ©

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɑpiˌraɪt/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɒpiˌraɪt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: co‧py‧right

Noun

Singular copyright

Plural copyrights

The copyright symbol

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.