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March 30, 2024
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| Word of the
Week--"copyright" |
Definition--the sole right, granted
by law, to print, publish, translate, perform, film or record an original
literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work for a certain number of
years.
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| Discussion--In my quest for words to
use in my word of the week articles, I often find myself turning to the
everyday household items around me. I read book jackets, food labels and
box tops to see if they will provide the inspiration I seek.
Today it was a little copyright symbol that caught my eye. As I looked
down at it, I began to consider how often those encircled c's appear in
everyday life. And then I thought that each little c represents a stack of
legal documents filed away in an office somewhere, and some creative
person or group of people who worked to produce something completely
original. Something that is (generally) of use to the world. Then I
thought, those c's represent an awful lot of work. And an awful lot of
filing.
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| Etymology--The term copyright
first appeared in the English language in about 1735. The word is
essentially the same in French, Italian and Spanish while German and Dutch
translations are more similar to the term "authorship."
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Foreign
Translations
| German: |
Urheberrecht (nt) |
| Dutch: |
auteursrecht (het) |
| French: |
copyright (m) |
| Italian: |
copyright |
| Spanish: |
copyright, derechos de
reproduccion | |
Jane Ellis
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