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Original Selection
Original Selection (Property · 2.03[E]. The same is true of all facts) — "Factual compilations, on the other hand, may possess the requisite originality. The c…
Ideas in this flowchart
- Copyright protection for factual compilations rests on originality in selection, arrangement, or expression.
- A compilation may be original because of the compiler’s choices.
- The choices include which facts to include, their order, and their arrangement for effective reader use.
- The choices must be made independently and involve at least a minimal degree of creativity.
- When these conditions are met, Congress may protect the compilation through copyright law.
- A directory containing only facts may qualify if it has an original selection or arrangement.
- Copyright protection does not extend automatically to every element of a copyrighted work.
- Originality is essential, so protection extends only to components original to the author.
- An original collocation of words may be protected as the author’s written expression.
- Others may copy the underlying facts, but not the precise words used to present them.
