Legal 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 railways guide or a stock exchange quotation qualifies as a literary work if sufficient work has been expended in compiling it to give it a new and original character.Factual Situation: 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 his labour. (CLAT 2014)

Each question consists of legal principle(s) (hereinafter referred to as 'principle') and facts. Such proposition may or may not be true in the real and legal sense, yet you have to conclusively assume them to be true for the purposes of this section. You have to apply the principles to the given facts to arrive at the most reasonable conclusion. Only one of the alternatives, i.e., (A), (B), (C), or (D) is the most reasonable conclusion. Remember: you must not rely on any principle except the principles that are given for every question.