copyrightable

copyrightable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English copy
English right
English copyright
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English copyrightable

    From copyright + -able.

    Adjective

    copyrightable (not comparable)

    1. (copyright law) Able to be protected by copyright law.
      • 1984, MJ Touponse, “Application of Copyright Law to Computer Operating System Programs: Apple Computer, Inc. v. Franklin”, in Connecticut Law Review, page 665:
        The four criteria that Congress, courts, and theorists have traditionally employed to distinguish the copyrightable from the uncopyrightable are: […]

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    Noun

    copyrightable (plural copyrightables)

    1. Anything for which one can obtain copyright.
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