Royalty vs Copyright - What's the difference?
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The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right
The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights on his property.
(by extension) payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
(poker, slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
(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.
(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
To place under a copyright.
To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
As nouns the difference between royalty and copyright
is that royalty is the rank, status, power or authority of a monarch while copyright is (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.As a verb copyright is
to place under a copyright.royalty
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(royalties)References
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 ----
copyright
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(wikipedia copyright)Noun
(en-noun)- Copyright is a separate legal area from trademarks.
- The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract.