They believe that the images themselves were a " direct expression" of Kashtanova's " creativity and therefore copyrightable."

他们认为，这些图像本身就是卡什塔诺娃“创造力的直接表达”，因此是可以获得版权的。

Maybe there are only so many notes that are math, that are not copyrightable.

也许只有那么多笔记是数学的，不受版权保护。

The bill's report even explicitly singles out computer programs as a new form of expression that was " considered copyrightable from the outset without the need of new legislation" .

该法案的报告甚至明确指出，计算机程序作为一种新的表达形式，从一开始就被认为是“可以受版权保护的，无需新的立法”。

So maybe if these numbers have existed since the beginning of time where we're just plucking them out, maybe melodies are just math, which is just facts, which maybe are not copyrightable.

所以也许如果这些数字从一开始就存在， 我们只是把它们摘下来，也许旋律只是数学， 这只是事实， 可能不受版权保护。

Shouldn't there be a way that early on in that process for a judge or a lawyer to be able to have an early evidentiary hearing to say maybe melodies are math, which are facts which are not copyrightable.

在这个过程的早期， 法官或律师难道不应该有一种方法能够进行早期证据听证会， 说旋律可能是数学，这是不受版权保护的事实。