How to say "copyright" in Japanese

• 版権はんけんCommon
  nounCovers copyright as publishing rights: the right to print and sell a work, often from the publisher's side. For copyright as the author's legal right, 著作権 is the word.
  この本ほんはまだ版権はんけんが生いきている。↗

  This book is still copyrighted.
• コピーライトCommon
  nounThe loanword, used chiefly for the © mark or copyright notice line in publications, credits, and web pages, rather than for copyright as a legal concept; for that, use 著作権.
• 著作権ちょさくけんCommon
  nounCopyright as a legal right: the creator's right to control reproduction and use of a work. This is the word for copyright in legal contexts and everyday talk about who owns a work.
  将棋しょうぎの棋譜きふには著作権ちょさくけんがあるのか、といったことはいろいろなところで議論ぎろんされています。↗

  The question "Do records of shogi games have copyright?" has been discussed in many places.

Use 著作権 for copyright as the creator's legal right, 版権 when the emphasis is on publishing rights to a work, and 「コピーライト」 mainly for the © notice or symbol in credits.

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• 版権はんけんcopyright
• コピーライトcopyright
• 著作権ちょさくけんcopyright
• 蔵版ぞうはんcopyright
• マルＣマルシーcopyright