Copyright
A bundle of exclusive rights granted to authors of original works fixed in a tangible medium.
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Plain-English explanation
Copyright gives creators legal control over how their original works—books, music, images, code—are copied, distributed, and displayed. It does not protect ideas alone; it protects the specific expression.
Legal meaning
Under the Copyright Act, copyright subsists in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression. The owner receives exclusive rights enumerated in 17 U.S.C. § 106, subject to limitations including fair use.
AI-specific relevance
AI training disputes begin with whether copyrighted expression was copied at all—and which exclusive rights were implicated.
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