Requirements to Claim Copyright: Originality

A fixed expression of ideas is protected by copyright if and only if it is original.

Neither quality nor uniqueness are required.

• Even bad work is subject to copyright protection.

• Works that are similar, but independently created, are individually subject to copyright protection.

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