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Can I put a patent or copyright on this?
Asked on Jan 11th, 2014 on Intellectual Property - Kentucky
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Lets say that there is a book that is in the public domain. This book is full of metaphors and hidden meaning. I uncover one of these hidden meanings and copyright this knowledge in the form of a drawing. Can I patent or copyright said book so that its translations and interpretations cannot be changed? Which would act against my findings?
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Nothing you've described is patentable and knowledge cannot be copyright protected.
Copyright is for artistic creation, for which there is a very low threshold. You can copyright a translation of a book so that others cannot copy your translation, but they are free to create their own translations. Similarly, you can copyright your drawings, but others are free to develop their own drawings based on the original work.
Answered on Jan 14th, 2014 at 9:27 AM