> the US copyright office has taken the stance that the creativity requirements can't be met by short phrases. Actually, in the US, meaningful short phrases so

> the US copyright office has taken the stance that the creativity requirements can't be met by short phrases. Actually, in the US, meaningful short phrases sometimes can. Some guy (who's name currently escapes me) has had a court confirm his copyright on his epigrams (he sells books of them or somesuch).