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出版権 (shuppanken) Japanese meaning: publishing rights | Kotomora

出しゅっ版ぱん権けん

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Meanings

1

publishing rights; publication right; right to publish

Legal and business term for the exclusive right to publish a work.

この本ほんの出しゅっ版ぱん権けんは著ちょ者しゃにあります。

The publishing rights for this book belong to the author.

出しゅっ版ぱん社しゃが出しゅっ版ぱん権けんを取しゅ得とくした。

The publisher acquired the publication rights.

Kanji

出exit, leave, go out
版printing block, printing plate, edition
権authority, power, rights

Related words

版はん権けん
出版権 is the formal contractual right to publish a specific work, whereas 版権 is a looser, more colloquial term that can refer to the copyright itself in publishing contexts.

Built from

出しゅっ版ぱん+権けん

Etymology

Compound of 出版 (shuppan, 'publishing') and 権 (ken, 'right').