copyright
part of speech
noun (copyright, copyrights; usually uncountable); verb (copyright, copyrights, copyrighted, copyrighting); adjective (copyright)
meaning for a pupil
1) (law) Copyright is the legal right of the person who made a book, song, picture, film or program to decide who can copy, sell or use it. tree →
2) To copyright something is to get or claim this right over it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school, pupils learn not to copy others' work or pictures without permission, and to give credit to sources. The symbol © shows copyright. Phrases: «under copyright», «copyright holder», «out of copyright», «breach of copyright».
examples
- The author owns the copyright to her books. tree →
- You can't put that song in your video without permission; it is under copyright. tree →
- The © sign shows who owns the copyright. tree →
- Very old stories are out of copyright, so anyone can print them. tree →
- Our class asked permission to use the photo. tree →
- Copying a whole website and calling it yours breaks copyright. tree →
- I have only been enabled to do this by the courtesy of those who owned the copyright of these stories. tree →
note
Spelling: copyright, not «copywrite» (copywriting is writing adverts, a different thing). Copyright does not last forever; after a long time works become «public domain». Plagiarism (passing off someone's work as yours) is wrong even when copying is allowed.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «copyright» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.