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A comment on U.S. Copyright Office issues statement on works containing AI-generated material. Parent comment

Re:U.S. Copyright Office issues statement on works containin... by hakre on Thursday March 16, 2023 @10:42PM (#35192255)
software works are normally subject to copyright without much further ado.

database works are more commonly subject to rights _similar_ to copyright, but often a class of work in its own right.

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Re:U.S. Copyright Office issues statement on works containin... by brookst on Friday March 17, 2023 @07:48AM (#35195751)
The US has for IP protections: copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret. There is no “similar to” copyright.

Databases can be copyrightable. Not all are, but to the extent IP protection extends to databases it will virtually always be copyright, with maybe an occasional trade secret (which is almost the opposite of copyright)

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