as in patent
the legal right to be the only one to reproduce, publish, and sell a book, musical recording, etc., for a certain period of time
His family still holds the copyright to his songs. laws that protect copyrights
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This could be due to copyright concerns.
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Billy Perrigo, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The sting resulted in the arrest of two men over suspicion of copyright infringement in El Sheikh Zayed City near the Greater Cairo metro area.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
D4vd, who is signed with Darkroom Records, actually began his career creating Fortnite montages on YouTube in 2021 and started writing original music to avoid copyright strikes on his videos.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Two men were arrested outside Cairo on suspicion of copyright infringement on August 24, The Athletic reported.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Billy Perrigo, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The sting resulted in the arrest of two men over suspicion of copyright infringement in El Sheikh Zayed City near the Greater Cairo metro area.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
D4vd, who is signed with Darkroom Records, actually began his career creating Fortnite montages on YouTube in 2021 and started writing original music to avoid copyright strikes on his videos.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Two men were arrested outside Cairo on suspicion of copyright infringement on August 24, The Athletic reported.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copyright
patent
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Now, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is floating a plan to skim half the patent earnings from inventions developed at universities with federal funding.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Kapnick and Chollet also point to energy research spending and patent innovation, areas where the US and China lead, as increasingly valuable for competitive advantage.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Copyright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyright. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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