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 版权；著作权 Copyright expires seventy years after the death of the author. 版权在作者去世七十年后期满无效。 🔊🔊 They were sued for breach/infringement of copyright. 他们被指控侵犯版权。 - copyright in/on something
Who owns the copyright on this song? 谁拥有这首歌曲的版权？ 🔊🔊 - out of copyright
His work is now out of copyright. 他的作品现在已经过了版权保护期。 - in copyright
The songs remain in copyright. 这些歌曲仍然受版权保护。
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec1Copyright protects your work from being commercially exploited by someone else without your consent. 版权保护你的作品，以免在未经你同意的情况下被他人用于商业目的。 Databases are generally protected by copyright. 数据库一般受版权保护。 Ownership of copyright can be transferred. 版权所有权可以转让。 The family still holds the copyright on his works. 他的家人仍然拥有他作品的版权。 The publisher has the copyright on all his books. 出版者拥有他所有书籍的版权。 They sued her for breach of copyright. 他们起诉她侵犯版权。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + copyright- have
- hold
- own
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- protect something
- expire
- lapse
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- infringement
- violation
- law
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- in copyright
- out of copyright
- copyright on
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- breach of copyright
- infringement of copyright
- ownership of copyright
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