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Copyright symbol

copyright symbol - the symbol used in copyright notices for works other than sound recordings
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Copyright symbol

Summary

Copyright symbol is a character[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Copyright symbol's instance of is recorded as character[3].
  • Copyright symbol's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[4].
  • Copyright symbol's instance of is recorded as extended pictographic character[5].
  • Copyright symbol's depicts is recorded as C/c[6].
  • Copyright symbol's depicts is recorded as circle[7].
  • Copyright symbol is part of copyright notice[8].
  • Copyright symbol's Commons category is recorded as ©[9].
  • Copyright symbol's Unicode character is recorded as ©[10].
  • Copyright symbol's different from is recorded as Copyright symbol[11].
  • Copyright symbol's homoglyph is recorded as Ⓒ[12].
  • Copyright symbol's Unicode code point is recorded as 00A9[13].
  • Copyright symbol's HTML entity is recorded as ©[14].
  • Copyright symbol's HTML entity is recorded as &copy[15].
  • Copyright symbol's HTML entity is recorded as ©[16].
  • Copyright symbol's HTML entity is recorded as &COPY[17].
  • Copyright symbol's HTML entity is recorded as ©[18].
  • Copyright symbol's HTML entity is recorded as ©[19].
  • Copyright symbol's derivative work is recorded as Q13963259[20].
  • Copyright symbol's derivative work is recorded as Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal[21].
  • Copyright symbol's key press is recorded as Alt + 0169[22].
  • Copyright symbol's key press is recorded as Compose, O, C[23].
  • Copyright symbol's key press is recorded as Option + G[24].
  • Copyright symbol's Unicode block is recorded as Latin-1 Supplement[25].
  • Copyright symbol's symbol of is recorded as copyright[26].
  • Copyright symbol's Unicode character name is recorded as COPYRIGHT SIGN[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include character[3], Unicode character[4], and extended pictographic character[5].

Use and Application

Copyright symbol is part of copyright notice[8].

Why It Matters

Copyright symbol has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Unicode 13.0. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . mdk.fr. Retrieved . mdk.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_copyright-symbol_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Copyright symbol}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/copyright-symbol}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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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. 16h ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → ©
    Key press → Alt + 0169, Compose, O, C, Option + G
    3d model → U+00A9 Noto Sans 20230107.stl
    Unicode block → Latin-1 Supplement
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||hu-formal, nl-informal, de-formal, it, vi, ka, es, uz, en, de, fr, fi, nl, en-gb, la, en-ca, sv, hu */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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