Only the reproduction is judged whether or not it is too close to the original or not (the physical reproduced item, not the reproduction process or concept). N

Only the reproduction is judged whether or not it is too close to the original or not (the physical reproduced item, not the reproduction process or concept). Nothing else is subject to copyright. Copyright protection does not extend to ideas, procedures, processes, systems, methods of operation, concepts, principles, or discoveries. Copyright protects only the expression of an idea, not the idea itself.