What is not protected by copyright?
Answer
The following things cannot be copyrighted:
- Ideas, concepts, and principles
- Discoveries
- Systems, methods, procedures, and processes
- Titles, names, and slogans or short phrases
- Listings of ingredients or contents
- Familiar or common symbols and designs
- Typographical variations
A key requirement of a copyrightable work is that it be fixed in a tangible form; anything that is not expressed in a form that lasts longer than a short period of time. Example: an impromptu performance that is not recorded or noted down in any way.