copywrite or copyright

You can copyright writing, but you can also copyright a photograph or song. The word has to do with securing rights. Thus, there is no such word as “copywritten”; it’s “copyrighted.”

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Definitions

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• n  a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
• v  secure a copyright on a written work
  did you copyright your manuscript?

News & Articles

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• Filmmaker picks a copyright fight with “Happy Birthday”
  The copyright on the world's most popular song? A new lawsuit says it's bogus.
  June 14, 2013 - Ars Technica
• Filmmaker challenges copyright on 'Happy Birthday to You,' seeks $5 million in damages
  Warner/Chappell "wrongfully and unlawfully insists it owns the copyright,' says the class-action suit filed by Good Morning To You Productions Corp.
  June 14, 2013 - The Post-Standard
• Lawsuit filed over 'Happy Birthday' copyright in NY- World's oldest Jewish person dies in NY at age 113
  NEW YORK – A production company making a documentary about the song "Happy Birthday to You" is challenging the copyright to the famous jingle.
  June 14, 2013 - Fox News