Can a public speech be copyrighted or otherwise protected with regard to intellectual property ?? (with regard to Melania Trump’s speech before the Republican National Convention)
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Any text can be protected by copyright, as long as it has a fixed form. It is not completely obvious whether a fair use defense would succeed: the essentials are spelled out here. The most important consideration is non-commerciality and lack of impact on market and the purpose of the use, so the chances are slim that an infringement accusation would gain legal traction.
