Copyright protects an author by granting him the right to profit from his own work.

I'm not sure why everyone is so eager to defend the "right" to profit from other people's hard work.

I really think you wouldn't profit at all from your work if you left their employment.

Stephen told me at the time that he felt little affection for those who would profit from his grandfather's work.

However, she did not profit financially from her work.

This caused the other men to profit more than Riley from his own work.

No doubt you hope to profit from your hard work.

But she still might profit from his work, after all this time.

Resale right seems to be a form of restitution to allow the author to profit from his work.

He also said it was natural for nuclear scientists to want to collect "gold dust," a reference to profit from their work.