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Topic: LAW

copyright

 noun
     
cop‧y‧right [uncountable and countable]
TCSCL 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]
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