as in patent
the legal right to be the only one to reproduce, publish, and sell a book, musical recording, etc., for a certain period of time
His family still holds the copyright to his songs. laws that protect copyrights
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The sponsor retains responsibility for the content and holds the copyright to their material.
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Lydia Kariuki, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024
Among them include federal copyright infringement, vicarious copyright infringement, Digital Millennium Copyright Act violation, trade dress infringement and misappropriation.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Developments on the suit moved slowly, but the case has now been discontinued two months after it was ruled that Trump did, in fact, infringe on Grant’s copyright.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Adobe stresses that its generative AI is trained only on data that the company has a right to use or that is in the public domain and therefore does not violate copyright laws.
—John Kell, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
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Lydia Kariuki, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024
Among them include federal copyright infringement, vicarious copyright infringement, Digital Millennium Copyright Act violation, trade dress infringement and misappropriation.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Developments on the suit moved slowly, but the case has now been discontinued two months after it was ruled that Trump did, in fact, infringe on Grant’s copyright.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Adobe stresses that its generative AI is trained only on data that the company has a right to use or that is in the public domain and therefore does not violate copyright laws.
—John Kell, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Copyright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyright. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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