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rightsholder

rightsholder

1 6.8
A person or organization that legally owns a creative work such as a song, photo, film
  • noun
  • /ˈraɪtˌhoʊldər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : titular de derechos
  • Many rightsholders are now using digital platforms to manage their copyrights more effectively.

Examples

  • A ruling handed down yesterday by Germany's highest court represents a blow to rightsholders in their quest to clamp down on illicit file-sharing.

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  • SOPA is designed to protect the interests of intellectual property rightsholders more vigorously.

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  • Despite the evidence, the parents of the teenager refused to pay damages to the rightsholders, and the case ended up in court.

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  • Thus, regardless of the place of manufacture, a copy authorized by the U.S. rightsholder is lawful under U.S. copyright law.

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  • One of the problems is that many rightsholders use completely automated systems to inform Google and other sites of infringements.

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  • Microsoft and other rightsholders are censoring large parts of the Internet, often completely unfounded, and there is absolutely no one to hold them responsible.

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  • After mounting pressure from international rightsholders, in August Google finally caved in and said it would start making 'pirate' sites more difficult for its users to find.

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  • With settlement amounts up to thousands of dollars, the lawsuits are a multi-million dollar business, attracting a diverse group of rightsholders.

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  • Japanese rightsholders are already pushing an ISP-level version of the same kind of system to eliminate unauthorized music uploads.

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  • The logos of the Los Angeles Kings, the 29 other National Hockey League teams, and of the National Hockey League are trademarks of their respective rightsholders.

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Synonyms

owner
vsrightsholder
1.0

A person who legally has something like a house or business

often refers specifically to legal rights in creative or intellectual areas
holder
vsrightsholder
190 2.1

A person who owns something, for example a ticket or passport

implies specific legal ownership of rights over creative works instead
possessor
vsrightsholder
9 5.2

A person who owns something

stresses formal legal ownership of rights rather than mere holding
titleholder
vsrightsholder
  • Specialized
4.1

A person or organization that legally owns property such as a house

is about legal ownership of rights like creative or intellectual property
rightful possessor
vsrightsholder
  • Formal
5.8

A person the law allows to own or keep something

focuses on holding legal rights over creative or intellectual works

How Lawful

rightsholder
  • Specialized
1 6.8
distributor
30 3.0
seeder
  • Jargon
1 5.8
literary pirate
  • Texting
7.9

Surface Forms

rightsholder singular
rightsholders plural

Morphology

rightsholder = rights + holder (transparent) = rights + holder

Clear compound of 'rights' + 'holder' meaning someone who holds rights; meaning follows straightforward English compounding.

Etymology

Rightsholder comes from the simple parts right ('a legal claim') and holder ('someone who holds something'), so imagine someone who 'holds' a right like an object in their hands. So a rightsholder is the person or group who legally owns or controls the rights to a work.