Several categories of material are generally not eligible for federal copyright
protection. These include among others:
Works that have not been fixed in a tangible
form of expression (for example, choreographic works that have not been
notated or recorded, or improvisational speeches or performances that
have not been written or recorded)
Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or designs;
mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering, or coloring;
mere listings of ingredients or contents
Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles,
discoveries, or devices, as distinguished from a description, explanation,
or illustration
Works consisting entirely of information that
is common property and containing no original authorship (for example:
standard calendars, height and weight charts, tape measures and rulers,
and lists or tables taken from public documents or other common sources)
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