LGLS 3530U Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Moral Rights, Netflix, Related Rights
IP (WEEK 3: COPYRIGHT)
INTRODUCTION
*Copyright: “in 2nd slide on powerpoint s.3” & 50+ years after the death of the author.
Example: 2 authors owned a novel, it was a joint-partnership. They equally contributed.
They second author dies, copyright is now valid.
Moral rights: According to the act and Bern convention, the concept is the right to
INTEGRITY of the works. You cannot assign moral rights to an author.
Ex: This is shown in the Copyright act. s.14 (1), 3 (definition of Copyright), 28(2) and
etc.
HISTORY
*Statute of An: it was the structure of copyright protection
(1) it made the limitations of copyright
(2) it assigned moral rights to authors
(3) it also introduced the limit of copyright protection.
> Why is copyright important?
It is important for us to know the roots and where the concept is coming from. The
comtemporary importance is to look at when the copyright expires. So the works enters
public domain. Meaning there is NO MORE COPYRIGHT PROTECTION. Anyone can
exercise rights outlined in s.2 without licsening and infringments. It basically becomes
NO ONE’S PROPERTY. This is why COPYRIGHT is important. As the public, we
benefited it by sharing the material, increase of knowledge, increase of culture, free
access to those who couldn’t access it before. We as the public can use those works,
meaning we can use these works to expand the foundation of our knowledge.
History of copyright has different jurisdictions. Ex: England and Canada.
***Look the book on the history of IP law****
PURPOSE OF COPYRIGHT LAW
The purpose is to:
(a) Protection of authors and creators.
(b) To foster creativity
(c) Exclusive rights = control over their works
(d) Financial incentive = they spent their time, skills and effort.
Question: where should we look to identify the purpose of Copyright law?
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