Sentence examples for copyright meaning from inspiring English sources
"Copyleft" is a pun on copyright, meaning to reverse the exclusive nature of copyrights by giving away (i.e., licensing) the copyright rights.
Judge William Alsup ruled that the 37 application programming interfaces (APIs) for the Java programming language used in Android are not covered by copyright – meaning that Google's use of them in Android is not infringement.
In a 1998 decision the Swedish court found that neither Bavaria nor Hagglund owned the copyright, meaning that Hagglund could continue to publish until the rightful owner asserted a claim.
As Mein Kampf comes out of copyright – meaning that, in theory, anyone could publish their own editions in Germany – a new programme on BBC Radio 4 explores what authorities can do about one of the world's most notorious books.
(All of this is probably down to the fact that the poster is long out of copyright, meaning it can be reproduced by anyone).
Just this year over 3,700 of his images went up for auction -- with copyright -- meaning the buyer could print images from the negatives and transparencies, sell them and license the material.
That, he wrote, is largely because Amazon is selling music free of copyright restrictions, meaning that tracks can be played on just about any portable music player.
The controversial element, however, has arisen because the case was filed as a class action on behalf of all US copyright holders: meaning that if it is given the court's stamp of approval, Google will get the right to digitse any book published in the United States – unless the book's author chose to opt out.
Basic translation problems account for some of it: under Enver Hoxha's Maoist regime, Albania never signed a copyright convention, meaning no respectable publishing house would buy translation rights, and the lack of English-Albanian translators has continued the problem: most of Kadare's work available in English comes through David Bellos's translations from the French.
In the US a jury can set a fine of up to $150,000 for every occasion of wilful copyright infringement, meaning that Mr Tenenbaum's fine is below the maximum he could have received for the 31 songs he was found guilty of illegally sharing.
