Hmmm. Everybody should know the term reductio ad absurdum before trying to work this out.

I'm going to write a generic statement with some placeholders - then we'll substitute real words, and see if it holds up, and in which direction.

Generic Statement

[Assembled Elements] are not copyrightable. They are made of [elements] that come from a finite set. These are provided to you - they exist already and you're just picking which [elements] to use. The combinations you come up with don't make it innovative or unique or worthy of protection.

Testing its validity - how do you feel about each of these - and if different, why?

[Poser Render Settings] are not copyrightable. They are made of [numbers] that come from a finite set. These are provided to you - they exist already and you're just picking which [numbers] to use. The combinations you come up with don't make it innovative or unique or worthy of protection.

[Poser Shaders ] are not copyrightable. They are made of [nodes] that come from a finite set. These are provided to you - they exist already and you're just picking which [nodes] to use. The combinations you come up with don't make it innovative or unique or worthy of protection.

[Compiled Python scripts] are not copyrightable. They are made of [byte codes] that come from a finite set. These are provided to you - they exist already and you're just picking which [byte codes] to use. The combinations you come up with don't make it innovative or worthy of protection.

[Windows applications] are not copyrightable. They are made of [Intel Pentium op codes] that come from a finite set. These are provided to you - they exist already and you're just picking which [Intel Pentium op codes] to use. The combinations you come up with don't make it innovative or unique or worthy of protection.

[Novels] are not copyrightable. They are made of [English words] that come from a finite set. These are provided to you - they exist already and you're just picking which [words] to use. The combinations you come up with don't make it innovative or unique or worthy of protection.

• P.S. The uneven spacing between paragraphs is not my doing. I tried to make them the same but the damn editor kept deciding on its own where to place a blank line.

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