COPYRIGHT LAW Professor Rosemary J. Coombe* COURSE MATERIALS FALL 1997 VOLUME I FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FOR THE CLASSROOM USE OF UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO STUDENTS ONLY *With the assistance of Anand Banerjee, Larry Reimer, and David Fewer COPYRIGHT LAW 1997 TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume One A. HISTORY AND POLICY CONSIDERATIONS Mark Rose, "The Author as Proprietor" (1988). 1 Wendy Gordon, "Asymmetric Market Failure and Prisoner's Dilemma in Intellectual Property" (1992) 34 Henry Perritt, Jr., "Property and Innovation in the Global Information Infrastructure" (1996). 45 Edwin C. Hettinger, "Justifying Intellectual Property" (1989) ... 52 David Vaver, "Some Agnostic Observations on Intellectual Property" (1991).59 Digital Dilemma (1992). 68 B. LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK I. CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK Section 91 of the Constitution.69 Gendreau, "Recent Developments" . 69 II. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STATUTE AND COMMON LAW Statutory Provisions.71 Comment.72 Estey J. in Compo v. Blue Crest Music.72 III. REGISTRATIONS AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS (MARKING) Advantages of Registration . 73 Registration Forms . 74 - 2 - IV. COLLECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF COPYRIGHT (i) Statutory Provisions . 7 6 (ii) Discussion of Licensing Bodies, Hughes on Copyright and Industrial Design.7 8 Cancopy Licensing Agreement.81 Gillian Davies, "The Public Interest in Collective Administration of Rights ( 1989).104 V. JURISDICTION OF COURTS Statutory Provision.108 Henderson Report (1991).109 Henderson Report Updated (1992).122 AUT30RSHIP AND OWNERSHIP OF COPYRIGHT I. STATUTORY AND TREATY PROVISIONS.128 II. HOW THE LAW TREATS AUTHORSHIP Peter Jaszi, "Toward a Theory of Copyright: The Metamorphosis of 'Authorship'" (1991).130 David Vaver, Copyright (Osgoode 1993).140 Jessica Litman, "Copyright as Myth" (1991).145 David Lange, "At Play in the Fields of the Word" ( 1992 ).149 III . DETERMINING THE AUTHOR Donoqhue v. Allied Newspapers Ltd..158 Kantel v. Grant.163 IV. THE PROCESS OF AUTHORSHIP IN THE REAL WORLD Excerpt: Martin Elliott, The Rolling Stones Complete Recording Sessions ( 1990).174 V. EXCEPTIONS TO AUTHOR AS OWNER PRINCIPLE (i) Photographs.177 (ii) Records and Perforated Rolls.178 3 (iii) Crown Works.178 "Victoria Entrepreneur Beats Bureaucrats" (1992) .... 179 Upi ohn v. Apotex (1993). 180 Law Times (2 October 1995). 183 (iv) Commissioned Works.184 (v) Contract for Service.184 University of London Press Ltd, v. University Tutorial Press Ltd. .185 Beloff v. Pressdam Ltd..188 Amusements Wiltron v. Mainville . 195 (vi) Cinematographic Works . 197 Impact of NAFTA.197 Gendreau, "Recent Developments" (1994). 198 VI. ASSIGNMENTS AND LICENSES.199 Tedesco v. Bosa.200 D. PREREQUISITES FOR COPYRIGHT I. ORIGINALITY.207 David Vaver, Copyright (1993) . 207 Jessica Litman, "The Public Domain" (1990). 213 Victoria Park Racing & Recreation Grounds Co. Ltd, v. Taylor. 227 Kilvington Bros. Ltd, v. Herbert Goldberg . 227 Feist Publications Inc, v. Rural Telephone Service.231 Fletcher v. Polka Dot Fabrics Ltd..236 U & R Tax Services Ltd, v. H & R Block Canada Inc..243 Tele-Direct Inc, v. American Business Information Inc.. . . . 246 II. IDEA/EXPRESSION DICHOTOMY Moreau v. St - Vincent.249 Cuisinaire v. South West Imports Ltd..249 Horn Abbot Ltd, v. W, B. Coulter Sales Ltd..251 Amy B. Cohen, "Copyright Law and the Myth of Objectivity" (1990). 257 Sipos, "Warning all Authors! Your Own 'Style' May Infringe Your Own Work" (1989). 273 - 4 - Rosen, "Reconsidering the Idea/Expression Dichotomy" . .281 Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions Inc. v. McDonald's Corp..288 Poston, "All Puff and No Stuff: Avoiding the Idea/Expression Dichotomy" ( 1989).291 Apple Computer v. Mackintosh Computers.296 Capes, "The Software Copyright 'Super Patent'".297 III. FIXATION Statutory Provision.310 Canadian Admiral Corp. Ltd, v. Rediffusion Inc..311 David Vaver, Copyright (Osgoode, 1991).312 Titan Sports v. Mansion House.313 IV. SUBJECT MATTER Statutory Provisions.315 (i) Literary Works (a) What is a Literary work? Hollinrake v. Truswell.316 Exxon Corp. v. Exxon Insurance Consultants Ltd.. .321 Euclid Industries Canada Ltd, v. Reg Holloway Sales Inc...325 (b) Compilations The Impact of the NAFTA Amendment Act.328 B.C. Jockey Club v. Standen.329 Elanco Products Ltd, v. Mandops Agrochemical Specialists) Ltd.333 David Vaver, Copyright (Osgoode, 1993).339 Canadian Admiral v. Rediffusion.343 Bulman Group Ltd, v. "One Write" Accounting Systems Ltd..343 Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service Co..344 Harris, "Free For the Taking".347 (c) Computer Programs Apple Computer v. Macintosh Computers, (F.C.T.D.), (F.C.A.), (S.C.C.).353 Svstemes Informatises Solartronix v. College d'enseignement general et professionel - 5 - de Joncruiere.358 Nintendo of America Inc, v. Camerica Corp. . . . .363 De^rina Corp v. Triolet Systems Inc, et al.. . . .367 Prism Hospital Software Inc, et al. v. Hospital Medical Records Institute et al..389 Whelan and Associates, Inc, v. Jaslow Dental Laboratory. Inc.. ..400 Lotus Development Corp. v. Paperback Software International (headnote only).404 Apple Computer. Inc, v. Microsoft Corp..408 Engineering Dynamics, Inc, v. Structural Software. Inc..416 Samuelson, "Software Compatibility and the Law". .426 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/copyrightlawcour01coom_2