Which statement about copyright protection is correct?

• A. It protects ideas themselves
• B. It protects books and other original works
• C. It protects facts
• D. It cannot protect a book

Answer: (B)

Copyright protects the way an idea is expressed, not the idea itself. A book is a fixed, original expression created by an author, so it falls under copyright protection. That’s why the statement about copyright protecting books and other original works is correct.

Ideas themselves aren’t what copyright covers, and facts generally aren’t protected by copyright (though the way facts are organized into a unique compilation can have its own protection). The idea that a book cannot be protected is incorrect, because a book is exactly the type of original work that copyright protects.