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What is not protected under Copyright?

Copyright does NOT protect ideas or mere fact. This includes procedures, systems, method of operation, concept, principle, discovery or mere data, whether expressed, described, explained or illustrated or embodied in a work.  In addition, any other text of a legislative, administrative or legal nature or any official translation thereof is not protected.

Examples include:  National Gazette, a new system of voting, a card index system for filing employee’s details of name and address, registration forms for incorporating a company etc.