copyright

S2 W2

in Vietnamese Quyền tác giả, bản quyền

BrE /ˈkɒpɪrʌɪt/ AmE /ˈkɑːpərˌaɪt/

noun / verb en → vi

1 LEGAL RIGHT [uncountable] B1

Quyền tác giả, bản quyền

the legal right to be the only person or company that can produce copies of a book, film, piece of music, etc., for a certain period of time

  • have copyright on something

Collocations copyright infringement · copyright law

  • The company has the copyright on this book.

    Công ty có quyền tác giả cho cuốn sách này.

2 COPY [transitive] B2

Sao chép trái phép

to make a copy of something that is protected by copyright, which is usually illegal unless you have permission from the person or company who owns the copyright

  • copyright something

Collocations copyright a book · copyrighted material

  • He was caught copyrighting the software.

    Anh ta đã bị bắt vì sao chép trái phép phần mềm.