CLAT 2014 Question Paper with answer key for online practice

Question : 189 of 200

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Principle:
Under copyright law copyright subsists in original literary works also. A literary work need not be of literary quality. Even so prosaic a work as an index of railway stations or a railway guide or a list of stock exchange quotations qualify as a literary work if sufficient work has been expended in compiling it to give it a new and original character.
Facts:
Michael works hard enough, walking down the streets, taking down the names of people who live at houses and makes a street directory as a result of that labour.

Michael's exercise in making a street directory is sufficient to justify in making claim to copyright in that work which is ultimately produced
Michael's exercise in making a street directory is not enough to justify in making claim to copyright in that work which is ultimately produced
A street directory cannot be enough to be published as a literary work
None of the above statements is correct

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