copyright

legal concept in common law regulating rights related to original creative work
Intangible legal_term_or_legal_concept Q1297822
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copyright

Summary

copyright is a legal term or legal concept[1]. copyright ranks in the top 1% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40,448 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • copyright's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].
  • copyright's instance of is recorded as exclusive right[4].
  • copyright is a type of intellectual property right[5].
  • copyright is a type of exclusive right[6].
  • copyright is a type of legal right[7].
  • copyright is part of author's rights[8].
  • copyright's Commons category is recorded as Copyright[9].
  • copyright is the opposite of copyleft[10].
  • copyright comprises translation rights[11].
  • copyright comprises reproduction right[12].
  • copyright comprises broadcasting rights[13].
  • copyright comprises adaptation right[14].
  • copyright comprises publication right[15].
  • copyright's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Copyright law[16].
  • copyright's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Copyright[17].
  • copyright's Commons gallery is recorded as Copyright[18].
  • copyright's described at URL is recorded as http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/firstperiod.html[19].
  • copyright's facet of is recorded as intellectual property[20].
  • copyright's depicted by is recorded as Q11195[21].
  • copyright's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • copyright's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • copyright's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24].
  • copyright's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[25].
  • copyright's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • copyright's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire des biens communs[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include legal term or legal concept[3] and exclusive right[4]. Recorded subclass of include intellectual property right[5], exclusive right[6], and legal right[7]. copyright is the opposite of copyleft[10].

Use and Application

Components include translation rights[11]; reproduction right[12]; broadcasting rights[13]; adaptation right[14]; and publication right[15], a legal term or legal concept[28]. copyright is part of author's rights[8].

Influence

Things named for copyright include copyleft[29], a practice[30].

Why It Matters

copyright ranks in the top 1% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40,448 views/month).[2] copyright has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] copyright is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for copyright include copyleft[29], a practice[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'bar', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'be
    Harper's tag → copyright
    Sitelink count → 148
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: copyright, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289917425|copyright (#289917425)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  2. 8w ago · Superraptor123 · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → intellectual property right, exclusive right, legal right
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-add:1||2 */ [[Property:P279]]"
  3. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → c/copyright
    Svkkl authority id → h0000005-autorske-pravo
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0000005-autorske-pravo, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  4. 17w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → c/copyright
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14483]]: d/derechos-de-autor, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/290444394|Derechos de autor (#290444394)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7927|E"
  5. 17w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → c/copyright
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14483]]: c/copyright, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/290444297|Copyright (#290444297)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7927|Enciclopedia Cató"
  6. 19w ago · Marsupium · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iranica id → copyright
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3021]]: copyright, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/32817698|COPYRIGHT (#32817698)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/818|Iranica ID]] #mix'n'mat"
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