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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 randombits0 on Thursday March 16, 2023 @10:45PM (#35192285)
While not so in other jurisdictions, databases are not copyrightable in the US. That was true when I last read Groklaw at least.
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Re:U.S. Copyright Office issues statement on works containin... by shagie on Friday March 17, 2023 @01:48AM (#35193632)
Sweat of the brow (any work you do is copyrightable) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweat_of_the_brow

vs.

"Original work of authorship" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_St... (in particular the comparison section https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_St... )

The court case that set this difference down was Feist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service Co. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications,_Inc.,_v._R....

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