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{
"term": "copyright",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if a person or an organization holds the copyright on a piece of writing, music, etc., they are the only people who have the legal right to publish, broadcast, perform it, etc., and other people must ask their permission to use it or any part of it",
"sensetop": "copyright in/on somethingout of copyrightin copyright",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Copyright protects your work from being commercially exploited by someone else without your consent."
},
{
"text": "The publishers wrote to him about obtaining the copyrights."
},
{
"text": "They were sued for **breach/infringement** of copyright."
},
{
"text": "Who owns the copyright on this song?",
"contextForm": "copyright in/on something"
},
{
"text": "His work is now out of copyright.",
"contextForm": "out of copyright"
},
{
"text": "The songs remain in copyright.",
"contextForm": "in copyright"
},
{
"text": "Copyright protects your work from being commercially exploited by someone else without your consent."
},
{
"text": "Databases are generally protected by copyright."
},
{
"text": "Ownership of copyright can be transferred."
},
{
"text": "The family still holds the copyright on his works."
},
{
"text": "The publisher has the copyright on all his books."
},
{
"text": "They sued her for breach of copyright."
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice"],
"collocations": {
"verb + copyright": ["have", "hold", "own"],
"copyright + verb": ["protect something", "expire", "lapse"],
"copyright + noun": ["infringement", "violation", "law"],
"preposition": ["in copyright", "out of copyright", "copyright on"],
"phrases": [
"breach of copyright",
"infringement of copyright",
"ownership of copyright"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɒpiraɪt/",
"audio": "co/copyright/copyright__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːpiraɪt/",
"audio": "co/copyright/copyright__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}