copyright

The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.uncountableusually

• Copyright is a separate legal area from trademarks.

Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.countableusually

• The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract.
• The images are still copyright of the original artist.

A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.informalnonstandarduncountable

• no copyright intended

To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.intransitivetransitive

• J. J. Jameson: The Green Goblin. You like that? Made it up myself. These weirdos all gotta have a name now. Hoffman! Call the patent office, copyright the name "Green Goblin". I want a quarter every time somebody says it.

To flag for copyright violation, to copystrike.informalnonstandardtransitive

• I won’t play this track, I don’t wanna get copyrighted.