“I Swear My Work is Original and Unique!” Is It Really?When you create something new—a book, a song, a painting, a blog post—you naturally assume it’s original. But legally, how "original" does your work have to be to get copyright protection?How Original Does It Have to Be?Copyright law protects "original works of authorship," but that doesn’t mean your idea has to be groundbreaking. Courts have consistently ruled that originality means the work must be independently created and have at least a minimal level of creativity. That means no copying, but it doesn’t have to be completely unlike anything else.We’ve all heard of famous copyright cases involving art, but how does this issue come up most often in the business world?
