noun

• (uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
  "Copyright is a separate legal area from trademarks."
• (countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
  "The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract."
• (uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
  "no copyright intended"

verb

• (transitive, intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
  "Every book will be copyrighted that the publisher believes will have such a market as will justify him in going to the expense of copyrighting to prevent competition from other publishers."
• (transitive, informal, nonstandard) To flag for copyright violation, to copystrike.
  "I won’t play this track, I don’t wanna get copyrighted."