copyfight

English

Etymology

Blend of copyright +‎ fight

Noun

copyfight (plural copyfights)

1. A dispute over copyright.
   • 2005, Chris DiBona, Danese Cooper, Mark Stone, Open sources 2.0: the continuing evolution, page 150:

     Unless users and developers of open source software join the copyfight, they will find the new reality of copyright law restricting not just their freedom to play blockbuster movies, but also their core freedoms to write and run interdependent and interoperable software.

   • 2010, Patrick Burkart, Music and cyberliberties:

     For participant-fans, they valorize interventionist and interruptive art and music that broaden the discussion of the copyfights raging within the culture industries.

Verb

copyfight (third-person singular simple present copyfights, present participle copyfighting, simple past and past participle copyfought)

1. To engage in a dispute over copyright.