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You might be able to copy-write the method by which you generated something, but not the thing generated itself. Although even the former act might be too far,
by DiscourseFan 4y ago
You might be able to copy-write the method by which you generated something, but not the thing generated itself. Although even the former act might be too far, it's like saying that you fooled around with the parameters on a computer for 8 hours before it started working, and now you want to copy-write the operation of the computer: the computer is doing what it was intended to do, you just needed time to figure out how to use it. You could copy-write a training manual for how to ride a bike, but not bike riding itself.
- mlindner 4y agoNitpick: Everyone does this, but it's "copyright" as in "the right to copy", rather than "copywrite"/"copy-write".
- bawolff 4y agoYou cannot copyright the method of doing anything. You might be able to patent it, but that is a different thing. Copyright applies to the end result. Patents apply to methods and mechanisms.
- DiscourseFan 4y agoNo I understand, by "the method" I meant a written work about how the operation is performed--apologies if that was too vague in my OP--not the literal method itself, as in the example of copy-writing a manual for riding a bike.