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by BerislavLopac 99 days ago
> only the plot is copyrightable

But the plot can't be copyrightable, as the copyright applies only to a tangible representation of an idea (e.g. written text), and not to an idea itself.

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Your sketch of the plot is copyrighted then.

I think there are going to be a quite a few court cases thrashing this out to its conclusion