COPYRIGHT


Meaning of COPYRIGHT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

tax/copyright/divorce etc law(s)

an accountant who knows about tax law

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

federal

Neither the federal copyright law nor guidelines mentioned above apply to copying computer software, and such copying is not fair use.

■ NOUN

infringement

An endorsement like that may make Mr Koons forget all about losing his six-figure copyright infringement suit.

They look for potential copyright infringement and verify names, phone numbers and addresses included in scripts.

Additional damages are also provided for as they are for copyright infringement and the unregistered design right generally.

These three important exceptions to copyright infringement are described and examined below.

law

Descriptions or drawings of ideas are also afforded some protection under copyright law .

The industry released the figures after a federal court ruled this month that the service helped users to violate music copyright laws .

Essentially, copyright law does not prevent this as long as the original program is not copied or adapted.

To do so would breach copyright laws .

Neither the federal copyright law nor guidelines mentioned above apply to copying computer software, and such copying is not fair use.

Publications are not available for loan, but photocopying within the terms of copyright law is available.

This will include newspaper cuttings and the references referred to above, although taking care not to breach copyright laws .

library

Oxford has almost unparalleled library facilities in the Bodleian, which is a copyright library.

The situation in Oxbridge and London is clearly less serious, since there the copyright libraries are to hand.

notice

Pictorial matter released by the Euro Disney Company is indicated by the copyright notice © Disney.

According to the then-prevailing legal opinion, a copyright notice would have tainted its trade secret protections.

owner

A literal copy of a computer program infringes copyright if made without the consent of the copyright owner .

protection

In some respects, the decision strengthens copyright protection for computer programs.

Even if copyright protection of computer programs is developed by the courts to become stronger, the Act does contain safeguards.

The scope of the copyright protection , however, is not always clear.

The deposit of a thesis in a library gives no guarantee of copyright protection .

The threshold for copyright protection in the United Kingdom is low compared to some other countries.

■ VERB

infringe

It was held that the defendant had infringed copyright by copying the two-line moving cursor menu.

A literal copy of a computer program infringes copyright if made without the consent of the copyright owner.

own

In such an example, the photographer will own the copyright of the photograph and the artist copyright in the original work.

Who owns the copyright when there is more than one author?

However, this does mean that your organisation must own the copyright of all the pictures you send out.

protect

There is a typical example among writers, seeking to protect copyright and to negotiate general contract conditions.

For example, in some cases the bill would make it illegal for Internet users to access information not protected by copyright .

These programs are, of course, protected by copyright .

It is easy to protect your songs' copyrights .

Some computer inventions have to be protected by copyright rather than patents.

It needs to be borne in mind that the computer program will be protected by copyright law regardless of the patent situation.

Drawings are prepared for most designs and drawings are protected by copyright as artistic works, irrespective of artistic quality.

In general, the photograph will be protected by copyright which will be owned by the publisher or perhaps a freelance photographer.

violate

The industry released the figures after a federal court ruled this month that the service helped users to violate music copyright laws.

Registration and deposit are also necessary before a court can take certain actions against those who violate a copyright .

What are the penalties for violating a copyright ?

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a violation of copyright laws

Mitchell's family owns the copyrights to her book.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Descriptions or drawings of ideas are also afforded some protection under copyright law.

For example, in some cases the bill would make it illegal for Internet users to access information not protected by copyright .

In Britain, copyright exists as soon as a song is recorded on to tape or written on manuscript.

In other words, should copyright extend to non-literal elements which are not directly perceivable?

Last April, Kantor identified 38 countries who either denied protection of intellectual property or supported copyright and patent piracy.

Some businesses are attaching electronic copyright stamps to their work, and the bill would make erasing these stamps illegal.

There is a typical example among writers, seeking to protect copyright and to negotiate general contract conditions.

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