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How do courts currently evaluate the originality threshold for copyright protection in complex databases and compilations of public domain facts?

ChatGPTgpt-63 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
How do courts currently evaluate the originality threshold for copyright protection in complex databases and compilations of public domain facts?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Feist Publications v Rural Telephone 499 U.S. 340 originality compilation database copyright Supreme CourtGoogle ↗
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U.S. Copyright Office Circular compilations databases selection coordination arrangement originality facts copyrightGoogle ↗
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U.S. courts database copyright originality selection arrangement complex databases public domain facts recent casesGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (3)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequenceReason100%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
Feist Publications v Rural Telephone 499 U.S. 340 originality compilation database copyright Supreme Court Google ↗
U.S. Copyright Office Circular compilations databases selection coordination arrangement originality facts copyright Google ↗
U.S. courts database copyright originality selection arrangement complex databases public domain facts recent cases Google ↗

Queries

3 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Feist Publications v Rural Telephone 499 U.S. 340 originality compilation database copyright Supreme Court
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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—Reason——1x
of 1
U.S. Copyright Office Circular compilations databases selection coordination arrangement originality facts copyright
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1
U.S. courts database copyright originality selection arrangement complex databases public domain facts recent cases
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1