Recent discussions have brought forth an unfortunate disharmony in
modern copyright law. There is an ever-increasing need to protect original expression
by copyright, however across national boundaries, the law regarding
“originality” in copyright is as diverse as the countries themselves. Copyright
protection is granted for the purpose of protecting a person’s creative expression
and in order to further encourage creative expression. Another school of
thought claims that copyright protection is granted as a sort of reward for the
effort put in by the person seeking a copyright.
1
 A work’s susceptibility to copyright
is important to understand the policy objectives copyright protection
achieves.