Question

DIRECTIONS: (Qs. 92-97)Given below/ a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the faile given below and dselect the most appropriate answer
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.

• A. Michael's exercise in making a street directory is sufficient to justify in making claim to copyright in that work which is ultimately produced
• B. Michael's exercise in making a street directory is not enough to justify in making claim to copyright in that work
• C. A street directory-cannot be enough to be considered as a literary work
• D. None of the above statement is correct

Answer 1

The correct option is A Michael's exercise in making a street directory is sufficient to justify in making claim to copyright in that work which is ultimately produced

According to principle given here, Michael's exercise in making a street directory is sufficient to justify in making claim to copyright in that work, because the principle clearly states that, 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 qualifies as a literary work if sufficient work has been expended in compiling it to give it a new and original character.