LAWS 3202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Private Copying Levy, Moral Rights
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Laws 3202 week 5 oct 6. Ownership: protects original expressions, not ideas nor tangible book. First author is owner, they have first rights. Robertson v. thomson corp can only post your story on their newspaper, not elsewhere: crown copyright if you work under government. Collective works: each author is different and each contribution has its own copyright. Joint authorship: one copyright, joint, tenants in common . Can sometimes assign the right to sue. Three types of licensing: sole exclusive, non-exclusive: licensing just means permission. Moral rights cannot be assigned but can be waived. Infringement when you do something against what author has. Independent creating is not infringement, unconscious copying is infringing. The right to be (or not) associate with the works.