cop ‧ y ‧ right /ˈkɒpiraɪt $ ˈkɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
the legal right to be the only producer or seller of a book, play, film, or record for a specific length of time:
Who owns the copyright of this book?
The database will be protected by copyright.
infringement/breach of copyright (=when you break the copyright laws)
—copyright adjective :
copyright material
—copyright verb [transitive]