Generally speaking, a patent protects an idea, and a copyright protects an expression of an idea.

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For copyright protects the expression of an idea, not the idea itself.

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The Council supports freedom of expression and the idea that the public should be educated about the world in which they live through independent media.

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And the idea of open expression and open trade is the American way of seeing the world improve itself in the future.

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