noun · neutral
copyright
UK/ˈkɒp.raɪt/US/ˈkɑː.pɚˌraɪt/CO·PY·right
Band 5-6speakingtask2
the legal right that protects an author's or creator's original work from being copied or used without permission
Examples
“The song is protected by copyright, so you can't use it in your video without permission.”
“She registered the copyright to make sure her novel couldn't be copied.”
“Photographers often keep the copyright even after selling a print.”
Band 8 sentence
“The university enforces copyright policies strictly to protect researchers' original work.”
Collocations
- copyright law
- register a copyright
- infringe copyright
Word family
copyright nouncopyrighted adjectivecopyright law noun
Common mistakes
license→copyright
copy right→copyright
Say it for a higher band
5permission→6license→7+copyright
Synonyms
license
Easily confused
license
“The company bought a license to use the song in its advertisement.”
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