A water faucet is topped with a small metal sculpture of a swan. Discuss the copyrightability of these items.
What will be an ideal response?
Although the water faucet is a useful article and is thus not copyrightable, if the swan sculpture can be identified separately from and can exist independently of the utilitarian aspects of the faucet, it is entitled to copyright protection.
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State court cases are published in state and regional reporters
a. True b. False
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