Lexica → Word → copyright
| Letter | C |
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| Letter name | cee |
| Pronounciation | /siː/ |
| Word: | copyright |
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| Era: | C.E. |
| Origin: | Original |
| Type: | Official |
| Source Language: | Latin |
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Definition: | the claimed leasehold by enfranchisement of Copyhold by Agreement or presumption of surrender or abandonment of past, present or future Copyhold claims. Copyright is therefore a lower claim than Copyhold. Hence, Copyright "protection" of an unregistered original work is effectively a presumed claim of leasehold by enfranchisement derived from some expected future Copyhold to be created upon some final registration and surrender of higher Rights. A Person cannot both claim Copyright and Copyhold |