copyrightable

English

Etymology

From copyright +‎ -able.

Adjective

copyrightable (not comparable)

1. (copyright law) Able to be protected by copyright law.
   • 1984, MJ Touponse, “Application of Copyright Law to Computer Operating System Programs: Apple Computer, Inc. v. Franklin”, in Connecticut Law Review, page 665:

     The four criteria that Congress, courts, and theorists have traditionally employed to distinguish the copyrightable from the uncopyrightable are: […]

Antonyms

• uncopyrightable

Derived terms

• copyrightability
• copyrightably
• noncopyrightable

 

Noun

copyrightable (plural copyrightables)

1. Anything for which one can obtain copyright.