copyright law

American  

[kop-ee-rahyt law] / ˈkɒp iˌraɪt ˈlɔ /

noun

1. the body of laws and regulations that govern the exclusive rights of an author or creator to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit their literary, musical, or artistic work.

   This website will not be held responsible for member-posted information that may violate copyright law.

   U.S. copyright law protects photos, and a patchwork of state laws limits the use of your name or likeness without permission.

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Example Sentences

Copyright law is a beautiful thing.

From Salon

And each year, when the twinkling holiday lights fade to a hazy glow and the gingerbread is nothing more than crumbs, I thank copyright law for giving me my favorite Christmas tradition: Ebony Scrooge.

From Salon

Content companies argued that AI firms didn’t have the right to scrape their content and use it to train their models, while tech companies said it was fair use under copyright law.

From The Wall Street Journal

The paperwork for the ballot initiative was filed by Poornima Ramarao, the mother of an OpenAI whistleblower who died shortly after publicly accusing his former employer of breaking copyright law to train its models.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last week, musicians including Sir Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn and Kate Bush released a vinyl album full of silent songs, or recordings of empty studios, in protest at planned changes to copyright law, which they say would make it easier for AI companies to train models using copyrighted work without a licence.

From BBC