# copyrighted

Pronunciation: say "KO-pee-ryt-id" US /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪtɪd/, UK /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪtɪd/

## Adjective

1. Protected by an active copyright and therefore not part of the public domain.
   - Simple: Protected by copyright law, so people cannot copy or use it without permission.
   - _The publisher confirmed that all the photographs in the book were copyrighted._
   - _Distributing copyrighted material without a license can lead to legal action._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of copyright. — simple past and past participle of copyright
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of copyright. Use this form for something that was already given copyright protection.
   - _The company copyrighted its software shortly after release._
   - _Once the manuscript was copyrighted, the author felt secure sharing drafts._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/copyrighted (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).