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# copyright

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copyright — Copyright information about a document

## Synopsis

### Content Model

    copyright ::=
    (year+,holder*)

### Attributes

Common attributes

## Description

The `Copyright` element holds information about the date(s) and holder(s) of a document copyright. If an extended block of text describing the copyright or other legal status is required, use `LegalNotice`.

The `Copyright` element is confined to meta-information. For copyright statements in running text, see `Trademark`.

### Processing expectations

May be formatted inline or as a displayed block, depending on context. Sometimes suppressed.

A displayed copyright notice usually includes the copyright symbol, ©, as generated text and is formatted with commas separating multiple years. Additional generated text, such as the legend “All rights reserved,” may also be generated.

### Parents

These elements contain copyright: `appendixinfo`, `articleinfo`, `biblioentry`, `bibliographyinfo`, `bibliomixed`, `bibliomset`, `biblioset`, `blockinfo`, `bookinfo`, `chapterinfo`, `glossaryinfo`, `indexinfo`, `objectinfo`, `partinfo`, `prefaceinfo`, `refentryinfo`, `referenceinfo`, `refsect1info`, `refsect2info`, `refsect3info`, `refsectioninfo`, `refsynopsisdivinfo`, `sect1info`, `sect2info`, `sect3info`, `sect4info`, `sect5info`, `sectioninfo`, `setindexinfo`, `setinfo`, `sidebarinfo`.

### Children

The following elements occur in copyright: `holder`, `year`.

## See Also

`legalnotice`, `productname`, `trademark`.

## Examples

    <!DOCTYPE copyright PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
              "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
    <copyright>
      <year>1996</year>
      <year>1997</year>
      <holder>O'Reilly &amp; Associates, Inc.</holder>
    </copyright>

For additional examples, see also `bibliography`, `biblioset`, `bookinfo`.

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