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so if i tell an artist to do some revisions i own that work now? what exactly did the human do in this case? wrote some words in a certain order? so the prompt is copy writable then? if that's the case can i just copywrite certain prompts that are commonly used?

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If a prompt is commonly used, then it wasn't created by you, and isn't copyrightable. It has to have enough original content so it could be copyrighted. I am sure a short poem is copyrightable.

But then again, fair use also allows citing most (if not all) of the short poem.

It seems highly likely that the prompt itself may be copyrighted, yes

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