infringe

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“Under our precedents, a company is not liable as a copyright infringer for merely providing a service to the general public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights,” Thomas wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The new agency "is intended to respond to an increasingly unstable international situation, but it must not be allowed to unjustly infringe upon citizens' rights", the Mainichi Shimbun said in an editorial Friday.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Encouraging users to infringe using your product is also infringement.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2025

Presidents, he said, have broad powers over national security and foreign policy – powers that the challengers want to infringe on.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

Back when he was thinking about getting married, he worried that taking walks with his wife would infringe on his work time.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman