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What is copyright?

Copyright is a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitutilon and granted by law for original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, fixed in a tangible medium of expression.  Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods or operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed.   More

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