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copyright

[kop-ee-rahyt] / ˈkɒp iˌraɪt /
NOUN
intellectual property
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Shein has also faced legal obstacles over alleged illegal products, copyright worries and data privacy.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Professor Emily Hudson, intellectual property specialist at Oxford University, says copyright laws in the UK are different to those in the US.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

A copyright dispute later prompted a rebranding, leading to the birth of Count Binface in 2018.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

As AI creeps further into the music industry, copyright remains the sticking point — now on a format that fans seek precisely because a person made it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

The ship’s bow displays an ornate wooden carving in the semblance of a backward copyright symbol.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Trademarks, unlike copyrights or patents, are intellectual property that are not premised on creating value for whoever registers them; they’re about protecting consumers.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

Disney’s letter accused Google of “infringing Disney’s copyrights on a massive scale.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

The deal comes amid reports Disney lawyers sent Google a cease-and-desist letter on Wednesday accusing the tech firm of infringing its copyrights "on a massive scale".

From BBC Dec. 11, 2025

They alleged that Cox’s subscribers infringed their copyrights in sound recordings and musical compositions by copying and distributing them via BitTorrent and other networks.

From Slate Nov. 28, 2025

The answer may lie in the long struggle to get the copyrights back from Fabyan.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

BBC Newsbeat has obtained the filings, first reported by video game website Kotaku, external, demanding Microsoft-owned site GitHub and chat app Discord turn over the user details of accounts thought to be sharing "copyrighted material".

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

What constitutes “fair use” of copyrighted works for training an AI model remains contentious.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Keep in mind that sharing copyrighted material violates U.S. law.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

A flurry of new legislative proposals include requiring human input on the use of AI on weapons, forcing the disclosure of copyrighted data used in training AI models and new taxes on AI companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

It was copyrighted 1972 by the Esso company.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

On the other hand, that can also be an advantage, said a 30-year-old pilot who goes by the name Makarena and worked in copyrighting before the war.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2023

Its widespread use has been facilitated by Kruger’s disinterest in copyrighting her work.

From New York Times Jul. 14, 2022

Senior manager of LHI Sonia Mora said the county is in the process of copyrighting Abuelina and her family members to ensure they are not used for commercial purposes.

From Washington Post Aug. 8, 2021

But copyrighting the software for an electronic transmission system is easy, and it gives companies a huge advantage in locking out third-party repair shops.

From The Verge Apr. 24, 2015

The practice of some publishers in copyrighting a magazine and also specific articles or engravings seems, therefore, a work of doubtful expediency.

From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Richard Rogers Bowker




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