copyfraud

Meaning

Noun

False claims of copyright, such as a claim of copyright ownership of public domain material.

Origin

A compound of copy + fraud. Coined in an August 2005 article, "Copyfraud" by Jason Mazzone, an Associate Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School.

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