infringement of copyright
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6.1
- noun
- /ɪnˈfrɪndʒmənt əv ˈkɔɪpiraɪt/
- Formal
:
infracción de derechos de autor
- And there is a special provision stating that if the infringer was not aware and had no reason to believe that his or her acts constituted an infringement of copyright, the court in its discretion may reduce the award of statutory damages to a sum of not less than $200.00.
Examples
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Educators were concerned about the infringement of copyright laws regarding the information obtained from the Internet that they use in their classrooms.
Academic text (2004) -
Once again, this might well involve an illegal infringement of copyright.
Academic text (1998) -
No infringement of copyright is intended.
Blog text (20) -
While either actual damages or statutory damages can be pursued with regard to infringement of copyright, Section 504 states:
Academic text (1997) -
The non-competitive right to use copyrighted material without... ...giving the author compensation or to sue for infringement of... ...copyright.
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Commenters on Baristanet.com are responsible for all legal consequences arising from their comments, including libel, infringement of copyright, or actions that threaten a third party.
Blog text (30) -
There were five major concerns experienced by educators regarding cyberspace curricula found on the Internet: insufficient teacher training, insufficient resources, a problem involving the attitude of interest when computers are employed in schools, quality of the software, and the infringement of copyright laws.
Academic text (2004) -
... the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.
Blog text (6) -
According to current copyright law, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.
Academic text (2011) -
Reproducing a book without the author's permission is a clear infringement of copyright.
Synonyms
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4.9
Using or copying someone's work without permission
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5.3
Using someone else's work without permission, for example copying music or books
Antonyms
How Serious
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4.9
- Formal
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6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
infringement + of + copyright
The phrase is fully compositional: 'infringement' means an act of violating and 'copyright' denotes the legal right, so 'infringement of copyright' straightforwardly means violating copyright. This follows a standard noun + of + noun pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Infringement of copyright comes from two simple images: copyright is the legal right to control who can 'copy' a book, song, or picture, and infringement is like stepping over a line into someone else's space. So the phrase means 'using or copying protected work without permission'.