Original Literary, Dramatic, Musical and Artistic works

The work must not be copied from another work but must originate from the author.
Two authors independently producing an identical work will be entitled for copyright in their respective works.
The emphasis is more on the labor, skill judgment and capital expended in producing the work. It includes tables, compilations and computer programs.

Includes any combination of melody and harmony, either of them reduced to writing or otherwise graphically produced or reproduced.
An original adaptation of a musical work is also entitled to copyright.
There is no copyright in a song. A song has its words written by one man and it’s music by another; is words have a literary copyright, and so has its music. These two copyrights are entirely different and cannot be merged.
In cases where the word and music are written by the same person, or where they are owned by the same person, he would own the copyright in the song.

A painting,
A sculpture,
A drawing including a diagram, map, chart or plan,
An engraving or a photograph, whether or not any such work possesses artistic quality;
An architectural work of art; and any other work of artistic craftsmanship.