A web page is possibly protected as a compilation which is a sub-category of literary works. A web page will qualify for protection as stated if the selection or arrangement of the materials in the web page constitute an intellectual creation. The protection conferred is on the web page as a whole. The individual materials therein have independent and concurrent copyrights. Any original work is protected as long as there is some amount of intellectual effort, labour and skill involved in the creation.
Creative merit is irrelevant.
However, with regard to the protection conferred on compilations, the selection or arrangement of materials must constitute an intellectual creation. For example, a mere collation of information in alphabetical or chronological order would not satisfy the test of intellectual creation. If the infringement is merely the doing of an act comprised in copyright without authorisation, it is not a criminal offence. The infringement gives rise to a civil recourse by the copyright owner. That is to say, the copyright owner may sue you for the damages he has suffered by your infringement.