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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/ ''(UK)''; /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[copy]] and [[right]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The exclusive right to make and sell copies of an intellectual work: 1729 in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) 1735 in the OED and MWU.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The verb, to secure copyright for, is implied in ''copyrighted'' from 1806 and recorded from 1878.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) As an adjective, protected by copyright, it is from 1870.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) The ''copyright library'', one entitled to a free copy of every book published, follows.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1729 – the right to copy.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1806 – copyrighted.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1870 – the adjective.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The exclusive legal right, held for a fixed number of years, to publish, perform, film or record a literary, artistic or musical work.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To secure copyright for a work.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Protected by copyright.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[copyrightable]]

+ * [[copyrighter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[copy]]

+ * [[right]]

+ * [[patent]]

+ * [[trademark]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}