Infringe
verb
To break the rules or the law, especially in a way that affects someone else's rights.
Her neighbor infringed copyright laws by using her picture without consent.
Often appears as...
- infringe on rights
- infringe copyright laws
verb
To limit or control something, especially someone's rights or personal freedom.
The imposed curfew was seen as an infringement on their personal freedoms.
Often appears as...
- infringe on freedoms
- infringe on privacy
verb
To break the rules or the law, especially in a way that affects someone else's rights.
Her neighbor infringed copyright laws by using her picture without consent.
Often appears as...
- infringe on rights
- infringe copyright laws
verb
To limit or control something, especially someone's rights or personal freedom.
The imposed curfew was seen as an infringement on their personal freedoms.
Often appears as...
- infringe on freedoms
- infringe on privacy
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Rights Related
Use 'infringe' when discussing violations affecting legal rights or freedoms.
New surveillance laws might infringe privacy rights.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Consequences
Reserve 'infringe' for serious violations, not minor or accidental rule-breaking.
The company was fined for infringing safety regulations.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Context
'Infringe' is often used in legal contexts, like discussions about law or contracts.
The court ruled that the policy did not infringe state laws.
Pro Tip 1/3Rights Related
Use 'infringe' when discussing violations affecting legal rights or freedoms.
New surveillance laws might infringe privacy rights.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Consequences
Reserve 'infringe' for serious violations, not minor or accidental rule-breaking.
The company was fined for infringing safety regulations.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Context
'Infringe' is often used in legal contexts, like discussions about law or contracts.
The court ruled that the policy did not infringe state laws.
Pro Tip 1/3Rights Related
Use 'infringe' when discussing violations affecting legal rights or freedoms.
New surveillance laws might infringe privacy rights.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Consequences
Reserve 'infringe' for serious violations, not minor or accidental rule-breaking.
The company was fined for infringing safety regulations.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Context
'Infringe' is often used in legal contexts, like discussions about law or contracts.
The court ruled that the policy did not infringe state laws.
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Creativity is a remix PIPE...
what we feel is ours. We have no such aversion towards copying what other people have, because we do that nonstop. So here's the sort of equation we're looking at. We've got laws that fundamentally treat creative works as property, plus massive rewards or settlements in infringement cases, plus huge legal fees to protect yourself in court,
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Drew Curtis: How I beat...
in order to defend against this lawsuit, but one-by-one they settled out of the case, even though -- and this is important -- none of these companies infringed on this patent -- not a one of them. And they started settling out. The reason they settled out is because it's cheaper to settle than to fight the lawsuit --
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Asher Jay: Art as a...
Where is this population going to go? How is infrastructure going to develop in the coming years? How are we going to stop the wild from getting infringed, fenced in, and fragmented like it has everywhere else in the world? These are the questions I wake up to every day. The reason why I do campaign after campaign,
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Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
all these countries where there aren't many fences and the community lands basically infringed on wildlife zones if you will and then you will sort of find a lot of times elephants attacking humans but mainly it's because people are trying to chase them away because they're eating their crops and then they
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Steve Winter & Alan...
it's gotten in many places Tigers when their core becomes infringed upon they can't breed I mean imagine you if people were walking through your house could you breed they can't breathe they can't mate they can't survive if their core and with some small protected areas
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An ethical plan for...
is far more intrusive than smart testing supported by privacy protective contact tracing. I also think it's really important to throw into the mix the fact that collective social distancing is a huge infringement on our civil liberties. We keep forgetting that.
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Four principles for the...
movement and that gave them a multi-billion dollar payoff now conventional wisdom says well hey our intellectual property belongs to us and if someone tries to infringe it we're gonna get out our lawyers and we're gonna sue them well it didn't work so
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A whale saved my life PIPE...
It's- if you do, you could get hit by the pectoral fin or the tail fluke or the peduncle or the head, any part of the body. I do keep a very great distance from the whales. It's their backyard. I'm very careful not to infringe on what they're doing.
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Don Tapscott: Four...
Now, conventional wisdom says, "Well, hey, our intellectual property belongs to us, and if someone tries to infringe it, we're going to get out our lawyers and we're going to sue them." Well, it didn't work so well for the record labels, did it?
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Defend our freedom to...
are in the business of having to police us, or being on the hook for contributory infringement. There's two things you can do to help stop this -- a simple thing and a complicated thing,
Video examples
Creativity is a remix PIPE...
what we feel is ours. We have no such aversion towards copying what other people have, because we do that nonstop. So here's the sort of equation we're looking at. We've got laws that fundamentally treat creative works as property, plus massive rewards or settlements in infringement cases, plus huge legal fees to protect yourself in court,
Video examples
Drew Curtis: How I beat...
in order to defend against this lawsuit, but one-by-one they settled out of the case, even though -- and this is important -- none of these companies infringed on this patent -- not a one of them. And they started settling out. The reason they settled out is because it's cheaper to settle than to fight the lawsuit --
Video examples
Asher Jay: Art as a...
Where is this population going to go? How is infrastructure going to develop in the coming years? How are we going to stop the wild from getting infringed, fenced in, and fragmented like it has everywhere else in the world? These are the questions I wake up to every day. The reason why I do campaign after campaign,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
all these countries where there aren't many fences and the community lands basically infringed on wildlife zones if you will and then you will sort of find a lot of times elephants attacking humans but mainly it's because people are trying to chase them away because they're eating their crops and then they
Video examples
Steve Winter & Alan...
it's gotten in many places Tigers when their core becomes infringed upon they can't breed I mean imagine you if people were walking through your house could you breed they can't breathe they can't mate they can't survive if their core and with some small protected areas
Video examples
An ethical plan for...
is far more intrusive than smart testing supported by privacy protective contact tracing. I also think it's really important to throw into the mix the fact that collective social distancing is a huge infringement on our civil liberties. We keep forgetting that.
Video examples
Four principles for the...
movement and that gave them a multi-billion dollar payoff now conventional wisdom says well hey our intellectual property belongs to us and if someone tries to infringe it we're gonna get out our lawyers and we're gonna sue them well it didn't work so
Video examples
A whale saved my life PIPE...
It's- if you do, you could get hit by the pectoral fin or the tail fluke or the peduncle or the head, any part of the body. I do keep a very great distance from the whales. It's their backyard. I'm very careful not to infringe on what they're doing.
Video examples
Don Tapscott: Four...
Now, conventional wisdom says, "Well, hey, our intellectual property belongs to us, and if someone tries to infringe it, we're going to get out our lawyers and we're going to sue them." Well, it didn't work so well for the record labels, did it?
Video examples
Defend our freedom to...
are in the business of having to police us, or being on the hook for contributory infringement. There's two things you can do to help stop this -- a simple thing and a complicated thing,
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Quote examples
Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
A man's natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed by one man, or by millions; whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, (or by any other name indicating his true character,) or by millions, calling themselves a government.
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Benny Fine
American Producer
When you create series and products, sometimes there's specific situations where your content is being infringed... in very rare cases, somebody produces a beat-by-beat version of your exact series, which has happened to us.
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Judy Garland
American Actress
I believe that the real expression of your religious beliefs is shown in the daily pattern of your life, in what you contribute to your surroundings and what you take away without infringing on the rights of other people.
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Edward Felten
American Scientist
Vigorous enforcement of copyrights themselves is an important part of the picture. But I don't think that expanding the legal definition of copyright outside of actual copyright infringement is the right move.
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Ann McKee
American Scientist
The thing you want your kids to do most of all is succeed in life and be everything they can be. And if there's anything that may infringe on that, that may limit that, I don't want my kids doing it.
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Tipper Gore
American Celebrity
These are all voluntary resources which help parents sort out the choices without infringing on the artists' rights to free speech, which is something that we respect.
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte
German Philosopher
Humanity may endure the loss of everything; all its possessions may be turned away without infringing its true dignity - all but the possibility of improvement.
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Tony Evans
God operates the world by covenants. Those covenants have specific jurisdictions and responsibilities, not to be infringed upon by another covenant.
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Johnny Flynn
South African Musician
What's quite nice about this whole folk movement is that it's born out of genuine friendship. And nobody's infringing on anybody's space.
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Farrah Abraham
American Entertainer
I'll just let people think what they would like to think, and that's fine, because it really doesn't infringe upon my life.
Quote examples
Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
A man's natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed by one man, or by millions; whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, (or by any other name indicating his true character,) or by millions, calling themselves a government.
Quote examples
Benny Fine
American Producer
When you create series and products, sometimes there's specific situations where your content is being infringed... in very rare cases, somebody produces a beat-by-beat version of your exact series, which has happened to us.
Quote examples
Judy Garland
American Actress
I believe that the real expression of your religious beliefs is shown in the daily pattern of your life, in what you contribute to your surroundings and what you take away without infringing on the rights of other people.
Quote examples
Edward Felten
American Scientist
Vigorous enforcement of copyrights themselves is an important part of the picture. But I don't think that expanding the legal definition of copyright outside of actual copyright infringement is the right move.
Quote examples
Ann McKee
American Scientist
The thing you want your kids to do most of all is succeed in life and be everything they can be. And if there's anything that may infringe on that, that may limit that, I don't want my kids doing it.
Quote examples
Tipper Gore
American Celebrity
These are all voluntary resources which help parents sort out the choices without infringing on the artists' rights to free speech, which is something that we respect.
Quote examples
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
German Philosopher
Humanity may endure the loss of everything; all its possessions may be turned away without infringing its true dignity - all but the possibility of improvement.
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Tony Evans
God operates the world by covenants. Those covenants have specific jurisdictions and responsibilities, not to be infringed upon by another covenant.
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Johnny Flynn
South African Musician
What's quite nice about this whole folk movement is that it's born out of genuine friendship. And nobody's infringing on anybody's space.
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Farrah Abraham
American Entertainer
I'll just let people think what they would like to think, and that's fine, because it really doesn't infringe upon my life.
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