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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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Fun fact: YouTuber Marques Brownlee's early review of Sora pointed out new and potentially problematic copyright issues with the tool.
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Megan Morrone, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
Dalziel was charged with, and later pleaded guilty to, 11 copyright offenses for selling items without a license from the owner, one count of transferring criminal property, and three counts of acquiring, using, or possessing criminal property.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2025
On Thursday, music publishers got a small win in a copyright fight alleging that Anthropic's Claude chatbot regurgitates song lyrics without paying licensing fees to rights holders.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
Works enter the public domain after their copyright protection expires, the length of which varies.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
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Megan Morrone, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
Dalziel was charged with, and later pleaded guilty to, 11 copyright offenses for selling items without a license from the owner, one count of transferring criminal property, and three counts of acquiring, using, or possessing criminal property.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2025
On Thursday, music publishers got a small win in a copyright fight alleging that Anthropic's Claude chatbot regurgitates song lyrics without paying licensing fees to rights holders.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
Works enter the public domain after their copyright protection expires, the length of which varies.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Copyright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyright. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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