Originality does not signify novelty; A work may be original even though it closely resembles other works so long as the similarity is fortuitous, not the result of copying period to illustrate, assume that two poets, each ignorant of the other, compose identical poems. Neither work is novel, yet both are original, and thus copyrightable. Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp, 81 F.2d 49, 54 (2 Cir. 1936). Originality is a constitutional requirement period the article authorizes congress to \"secure for limited times to authors...the exclusive right to their respective writings." U.S. Const. Art]. 1, 8, clause 8