different between proprietary vs copyright

English

Etymology

From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietarius. Compare with the Latin proprietas (“property”) and proprius (“ownership”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???p?a?.?.t?.?i/, /p???p?a?.?.t?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p???p?a?.?.t?.?i/

Adjective

proprietary (comparative more proprietary, superlative most proprietary)

1. Of or relating to property or ownership.

2. Owning something; having ownership.

3. Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
4. Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.

5. Privately owned.

6. (of a person) Possessive, jealous, or territorial.

Translations

Noun

proprietary (plural proprietaries)

1. A proprietor or owner.
   • 1647, Thomas Fuller, The Cause and Cure of a Wounded Conscience

     Wherefore what issue soever shall result from my mind , by his means most happily married to a retired life , must , of due , redound to his honour , as the sole proprietary of my pains during my present condition

2. A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
3. The rights of a proprietor.
4. A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
5. (espionage) A company doing legitimate business while also serving as a front for espionage.
   • 1975, Victor Marchetti, ?John D. Marks, The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence (page 159)

     For all practical purposes, the proprietaries conduct their own financial affairs with a minimum of oversight from CIA headquarters.

   • 2013, Joseph Goulden, The Dictionary of Espionage: Spyspeak into English (page 175)

     The “operating proprietaries” actually do business as private firms. They are incorporated where they are officed, they file the applicable state and federal tax returns, and they obtain the licenses necessary to a legitimate business operation.

Translations

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)

1. (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.

2. (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)

1. (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.

Derived terms

• copyrightable

Translations

See also

• copyfight
• copyleft
• copyright infringement
• exclusive right
• copywrong

Finnish

Noun

copyright

1. copyright

Declension

Synonyms

• tekijänoikeus

French

Etymology

From English copyright

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.pi.?ajt/

Noun

copyright m (plural copyrights)

1. 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)

1. copyright

Spanish

Noun

copyright m (plural copyrights)

1. copyright