Again, I'm not a Lawyer, but I think this is covered by merger: https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2006/0...
There are only so many ways to connect Lego bricks which is the part I'm trying to understand.
There are only so many ways to arrange the sample bits in an audio file 3 minute long, yet an audio file can contain copyrightable music.
There are only so many combinations of characters that could occur in a reasonable sized book.
There are only so many ways to color pixels in a photograph.
Etc.
You can keep making a bigger version of the same thing
Again, I'm not a Lawyer, but I think this is covered by merger: https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2006/0...
There are only so many ways to connect Lego bricks which is the part I'm trying to understand.