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. 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 his labour.