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The '''Copyright Act''' is the law government rights to expressive works in the [[United States]]. Its history began with the [[Statute of Anne]] (1710)<ref>http://www.copyrighthistory.com/anne.html</ref> in [[England]], and the law in the United States has been amended periodically since the first session of Congress.
What Is Not Protected by [[Copyright]]?
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)
== References ==
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== Sources ==
[http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wci Copyright FAQs]
[[category:Copyright Clause]]