MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT LAW

WORKSHOP 3

COPYRIGHT LAW – EXISTENCE OF COPYRIGHT

Preparation

Read by way of background:-

“Media & Entertainment law” by Ursula Smartt pp 378 - 392

“Media Law” by Peter Carey (5th Edition) pp 76 – 87

“Media Law” by Geoffrey Robertson (5th Edition) pp 343 – 360
“Intellectual Property” by Cornish et al (7th Edition) ch 11

Read the Law:-

Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 ss 1 – 15A (In documents booklet)

Read the following cases:-

Walter v Lane [1900] AC 539

University of London Press v University Tutorial Press [1916] 2 Ch 601
Tate v Thomas [1921] 1 Ch 503
Baigent v Random House [2007] EWCA Civ 247
Green v Broadcasting Corp of New Zealand [1989] RPC 700, [1989] 2 All E.R. 1056
Norowzian v Arks Ltd and Guiness Brewing (No 2) [2000] EMLR 67

Read the following article:-

“The originality debate in copyright law - the Canadian perspective” by Cheng-Lim

Saw. C.L.J. 2004, 63(2), 294-297

At the workshop you will be given problems to work through in teams to analyse and
apply the law.

Bring with you a copy of the documents booklet to the Workshop.