Paul and Pam happen to compose the same poem, although they did not work together, and Paul completed the poem before Pam did. Discuss who owns the copyright in the work.
What will be an ideal response?
Both own copyright rights in the poem. Each work is original. Each work was independently created and each is protected from the time of its fixation. The originality required for copyright protection does not mean "first"; it simply means that a work is independently created rather than copied. The fact that Paul completed his work before Pam did is irrelevant.
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