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The law that lets you own an arrangement of words without owning the words.
means A legal right granting creators exclusive control over copying, distributing, and adapting their original work for a limited time.
from Literally the right to copy, coined around 1735 amid Britain's printing wars; cemented by the 1710 Statute of Anne, the first true copyright law, which wrestled control from publishers and handed it to authors.
Not foreverUsually lasts the author's life plus seventy years.
Ideas exemptProtects expression, never the underlying idea itself.
AutomaticExists the instant you create, no registration needed.
Mickey effectDisney lobbying repeatedly stretched US copyright terms longer.