copyrighter

From copyright +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːpiˌɹaɪtɚ/
• Homophone: copywriter

copyrighter (plural copyrighters)

1. One who obtains the copyright on a work.
   • 2004, James Ross, Catherine Kwiatkowski, Thomas Kehl, A Statistical Approach to Betting the Horse Races, page 2:

     No part of this document may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means or stored in a database without the prior written permission of the copyrighters.

• Not to be confused with copywriter.

• hygropetric, recopyright