English-Polish translations for copyright

• prawo autorskie
  Mamy bardzo dobre prawo autorskie. We have perfectly good copyright laws.
  Po drugie, musimy koniecznie dostosować prawo autorskie do realiów ery cyfrowej. Secondly, it is essential that we adapt copyright to the digital era.
  Dużą przeszkodą dla dalszego rozwoju Europeany jest niejednolite prawo autorskie w poszczególnych państwach członkowskich. A major barrier to the further development of Europeana is the existence of different copyright regulations in different Member States.

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