different between copyright vs license
copyright
- For Wiktionary's copyrights, see Wiktionary:Copyrights
English
Etymology
copy +? right
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?pi??a?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?pi??a?t/
- Hyphenation: copy?right
Noun
copyright (usually uncountable, plural copyrights)
- (uncountable) 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.
- Copyright is a separate legal area from trademarks.
- (countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
- The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract.
Derived terms
- copyright trap
Translations
Verb
copyright (third-person singular simple present copyrights, present participle copyrighting, simple past and past participle copyrighted)
- (transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
- 2002, Spider-Man (film)
- J. J. Jameson: The Green Goblin. You like that? Made it up myself. These weirdos all gotta have a name now. Hoffman! Call the patent office, copyright the name "Green Goblin". I want a quarter every time somebody says it.
- 2002, Spider-Man (film)
Derived terms
- copyrightable
Translations
See also
- copyfight
- copyleft
- copyright infringement
- exclusive right
- copywrong
Finnish
Noun
copyright
- copyright
Declension
Synonyms
- tekijänoikeus
French
Etymology
From English copyright
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.pi.?ajt/
Noun
copyright m (plural copyrights)
- copyright
Italian
Etymology
From English copyright
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.pi?rajt/, /k?.pi?rajt/, (high-style, less-preferred) /?k?.pi.rajt/
Noun
copyright m (plural copyright)
- copyright
Spanish
Noun
copyright m (plural copyrights)
- copyright
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license
English
Alternative forms
- (British, Canadian, Australian, Irish, South African and New Zealand English) licence (noun)
Etymology
From Old French licence, from Latin licentia (“license”), from licens, present participle of licere (“to be allowed, be allowable”); compare linquere, Ancient Greek ????? (leíp?, “leave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?la?s?ns/
- Hyphenation: li?cense
Noun
license (countable and uncountable, plural licenses)
- A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
- Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
- Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
- Short for driver's license.
Usage notes
- In British English, Canadian English, Australian English, Irish English, South African English and New Zealand English the noun is spelt licence and the verb is license.
- The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.
Derived terms
Related terms
- licensure
- licentious
Translations
Verb
license (third-person singular simple present licenses, present participle licensing, simple past and past participle licensed)
- Authorize officially.
- (transitive) (applied to a piece of intellectual property)
- To give formal authorization to use.
- To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation.
- To give formal authorization to use.
- (linguistics, transitive) To permit (as grammatically correct).
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- license in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- license in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Licence in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- selenic, silence
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- what license is needed to drive a bus
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