English-German translations for copyright

• Urheberrecht das
  "Geistiges Eigentum" bezeichnet nicht nur das Urheberrecht, sondern das Urheberrecht und verwandte Schutzrechte. 'Intellectual property' means not just copyright, but copyright and related rights.
  Betrifft: Tätigkeit der Kommission im Bereich der Urheberrechte Subject: Action by the Commission on copyright
  Der derzeitige Schutz über das Urheberrecht reicht aus. The present protection offered by copyright is sufficient.
• Copyright das
  Zur Debatte stehen der WCT (World Copyright Treaty) und der WPPT (World Perfomance and Phonograms Treaty). It is about the WCT (World Copyright Treaty) and the WPPT (World Performance and Phonograms Treaty).
  Darüber hinaus wurden seit den 1980ern bereits viele europäische Bücher bei dem US Copyright Office registriert. What is more, a great many European books have already been registered with the US Copyright Office since the 1980s.

Definition of copyright

• The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship
• Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works
• To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work

Examples

• Copyright is a separate legal area from trademarks.
• The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract.

Related words

• copyrighted
• anticopyright
• copyright infringement
• copyright violation
• copyright holder
• copyright maximalist