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Practice question: Copyrightable and Non-Copyrightable Works

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Practice question

A researcher selects and arranges public factual data in an original compilation. What may copyright protect?
  1. Every underlying fact exclusively
  2. Only facts no one knows
  3. Every possible later arrangement
  4. The data regardless of originality
  5. The original selection, coordination or arrangement, without monopolizing mere data as such

Legal references

  • RA 8293, Sections 173.1(b) and 175: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html

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