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What Is Not Protected By Copyright
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for doing, making, or building things; scientific or technical methods
or discoveries; business operations or procedures; mathematical principles;
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Section 102 of the copyright law, Title 17, United States
Code, clearly expresses this principle: "In no case does copyright protection
for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process,
system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless
of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied
in such work."
Title 17 U.S. Code--COPYRIGHTS
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