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Can you copyright the design of a racetrack?

Updated: 8/20/2019
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The US Copyright Office limits protection in architectural works to "structures that are habitable by humans and intended to be both permanent and stationary, such as houses and office buildings and other permanent and stationary structures designed for human occupancy," so a literal reading of that would mean the grandstand could be protected but the track itself couldn't.

The design of the track, as a drawing, could be protected as visual art.

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