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Definition copyright in British English

copyright noun

[countable/uncountable] noun
/ˈkɒpiˌraɪt/
1

the legal right to have control over the work of a writer, artist, musician etc. If you own the copyright on something, it is your intellectual property, and other people must pay you to broadcast, publish, or perform it

Example

The court case was brought to decide who holds the copyright.

Example

The news report is protected by copyright.

Example

the owner of the copyright in the word-processing program

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Definition copyright in British English