Jaime Has Been Hired as a Screenplay Writer by a Television

question 24

Multiple Choice

Jaime has been hired as a screenplay writer by a television production company. Although he is a very creative individual, Jaime has recently started suffering from writer's block. In order to unblock himself, Jaime picked up a collection of Shakespeare's works and began combing it for ideas. He finally drafted a screenplay about a young couple from feuding families whose love, though strong, ends in tragedy. Which of the following is TRUE of Jaime with respect to the authorship requirements of copyright law?

• A) Jaime does not meet the requirements because scripts are not copyrightable works.
• B) Jaime does not meet the requirements because he may be violating the copyright for Romeo and Juliet.
• C) Jaime does not meet the requirements because his work is not original.
• D) Jaime does not meet the requirements because his work is not novel.
• E) none of the above

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