Copyright /(?)/

Cop·y·right

Copyright

n.
  1. The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.

Phrases & Compounds
International copyright
an author's right in his productions as secured by treaty between nations.

Copyright

v. t.
  1. To secure a copyright on.