... written, spoken or sung, tables and compilations, computer programmes, photographs, architecture, maps and diagrams. Copyright does not exist until the work is recorded in writing or otherwise. This means that you cannot copyright an idea or the dramatic format of a programme. An original work is taken to be that which required some skill, labour and judgement or selection, judgment and experience or labour, skill and capital. (G. Robertson, 1992.Pg. 218.) There is no set requirement for quality of language or artistic quality, but there is a stipulation for length. The work has to be of some substance, although there is no legal length. A title or name of a work cannot be copyrighted as it is too short, advertising slogans are not covered either, but a poem of a few lines will be protected. There is an action of 'passing off' to protect product names and designs, but this ...

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