{"id":79,"date":"2024-04-04T17:33:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T17:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/ccguide\/chapter\/chapter-2-what-is-copyrightable-and-what-is-not\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T17:34:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T17:34:21","slug":"chapter-2-what-is-copyrightable-and-what-is-not","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/ccguide\/chapter\/chapter-2-what-is-copyrightable-and-what-is-not\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Copyrightable and What is Not?"},"content":{"raw":"\nCopyright grants rights to literary and artistic works that are original. Copyright is available to everything from paintings to blog posts, but all works must meet a certain standard of originality to warrant copyright. Different countries frame the test in different ways, but it is often considered a test of originality.\n\n<span>Ideas, facts, and concepts are not protected by copyright law but, the expression of those ideas, facts, and concepts are protectable, such as in a description, explanation, or illustration or as a database of facts. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/copyrightalliance.org\/faqs\/whats-not-protected-by-copyright-law\/\">Copyright Alliance<\/a>, separating an idea from the manifestation of that idea is known in copyright law as the idea-expression dichotomy.<\/span>\n\nCopyright does not protect:\n<ul class=\"i8Z77e\">\n \t<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">Procedures, processes and methods of operation<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">Principles, systems and discoveries<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">Titles, slogans, and other short phrases<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">Lists of ingredients<\/li>\n \t<li>Creations that are not fixed in a tangible form<\/li>\n \t<li>Information that has no original authorship, like calendars, height and weight charts, tape measures and rulers<\/li>\n \t<li>Elements of industrial designs devoid of original decorative qualities<\/li>\n \t<li>Common symbols or designs<\/li>\n \t<li>Geometric shapes<\/li>\n \t<li>Basic typographic ornamentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--sidebar textbox--key-takeaways\"><\/div>\nSee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.gov\/help\/faq\/faq-protect.html#star\">What Does Copyright Protect?<\/a> from the U.S Copyright Office for details regarding content not covered by copyright. Spoiler, your sighting of Elvis cannot be copyrighted.\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">For a deep dive into a court case that copyrighted the Batmobile, see Michael Deamer's article in JSTOR, <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/26490251\">DC Comics v. Towle: Protecting Fictional Characters through Stewardship<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n&nbsp;\n","rendered":"<p>Copyright grants rights to literary and artistic works that are original. Copyright is available to everything from paintings to blog posts, but all works must meet a certain standard of originality to warrant copyright. Different countries frame the test in different ways, but it is often considered a test of originality.<\/p>\n<p>Ideas, facts, and concepts are not protected by copyright law but, the expression of those ideas, facts, and concepts are protectable, such as in a description, explanation, or illustration or as a database of facts. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/copyrightalliance.org\/faqs\/whats-not-protected-by-copyright-law\/\">Copyright Alliance<\/a>, separating an idea from the manifestation of that idea is known in copyright law as the idea-expression dichotomy.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright does not protect:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"i8Z77e\">\n<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">Procedures, processes and methods of operation<\/li>\n<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">Principles, systems and discoveries<\/li>\n<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">Titles, slogans, and other short phrases<\/li>\n<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">Lists of ingredients<\/li>\n<li>Creations that are not fixed in a tangible form<\/li>\n<li>Information that has no original authorship, like calendars, height and weight charts, tape measures and rulers<\/li>\n<li>Elements of industrial designs devoid of original decorative qualities<\/li>\n<li>Common symbols or designs<\/li>\n<li>Geometric shapes<\/li>\n<li>Basic typographic ornamentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--sidebar textbox--key-takeaways\"><\/div>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.gov\/help\/faq\/faq-protect.html#star\">What Does Copyright Protect?<\/a> from the U.S Copyright Office for details regarding content not covered by copyright. Spoiler, your sighting of Elvis cannot be copyrighted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">For a deep dive into a court case that copyrighted the Batmobile, see Michael Deamer&#8217;s article in JSTOR, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/26490251\">DC Comics v. 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