• Copyright protects a work of authorship if it meets three criteria. First, the work must be original, not a copy. Second, the work must be presented in a fixed medium, such as a computer disk, a canvas, or paper. Finally, some creativity must have been involved in the work’s creation, although the amount of creativity required depends on the particular work.
— Also termed creative work. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 4. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property §§ 9–10, 16.]
