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Lucky for you copyright doesn't protect ideas. It protects expressions of ideas!
by forrestthewoods 11y ago
Lucky for you copyright doesn't protect ideas. It protects expressions of ideas!
- xvedejas 11y agoWhat exactly is the difference, though? Isn't the expression of an idea just itself an idea, but a more specific one? You can't mean the physical expression, for instance, because that is the area covered by laws against theft. Copyright only covers expressions of ideas which are themselves ideas.
- forrestthewoods 11y agoGreat question. The short answer is it's complicated, varies by country, and there's over a century of case law with which to reference. Here's where you probably want to get started. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea–expression_divide http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea–expression_divide