SHORT ANSWER
How do you spell copyright?
C-O-P-Y-R-I-G-H-T
Copyright is spelled C-O-P-Y-R-I-G-H-T as a single word. It refers to a right, so copywrite and copywright are wrong even though they sound the same. An image library keeps copyright in its files and grants users a license instead.
Spelling tip
It is copy plus right, as in a legal right, not copy plus write; one word, no hyphen.
What it means
Copyright is the legal ownership of a creative work. Downloading from an image library gives you a license to use a picture, not the copyright to it.
Common misspellings
- copywrite → copyright
- copy right → copyright
- copyrite → copyright
- copywright → copyright
- copyight → copyright
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