copyright
Is this a copyright?
<p>I see this in many Android devices, the picture below:
<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XVMtL.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XVMtL.png" alt="enter image description here"></a> </p>

<p>So, if Apple or a new technology company uses not exactly that method but similar in any way of alerting a user from high volume listening.</p>

<p>Can a <code>New Company</code> or <code>Apple</code> have the right to alert users? </p>

<p>A program which alerts the user when they expose themselves to loud noises which might damage their hearing is an <em>invention</em>.</p>

<p>You can have copyright on a specific implementation of an invention. The images used in that alert, the exact sourcecode of that particular application and maybe even that exact text might qualify for copyright.</p>

<p>But copyright doesn't apply to the invention - the basic idea - itself. Copyright does not prevent another party from copying an invention, as long as they don't plagiarize the implementation.</p>

<p>However, it might be possible to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent" rel="nofollow noreferrer">patent</a> that invention. Patent right is a completely different category of intellectual property than copyright. Filing a patent is far more expensive and requires a lot more paperwork than registering copyright (which is optional anyway), has a much lower protection duration than copyright and can be challenged if someone can prove that the idea isn't actually new ("prior art").</p>

<p>No.</p>

<p>There is no originality in that alert, hence no copyright. Everyone can use it.</p>
