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by pron 4037 days ago
> Not everything that is fixed is copyrightable.

Right, but something that is not fixed -- like a REST protocol (aka "API"), which could be described by many different texts -- is not copyrightable even if APIs are. Being fixed isn't a sufficient condition, but it is a necessary one.

I'm not saying APIs should be copyrightable, just that their copyrightability (if they have it) doesn't transfer to REST protocols.