The standard of originality is low, but it does exist. … [T]he Constitution mandates some minimal degree of creativity … and an author who claims infringement must prove “the existence of . . . intellectual production, of thought, and conception.” Burrow-Giles.

• Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in the U.S. Supreme Court majority opinion on the copyright infringement case Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991)^[pdf].