Posted AT 11:52 AM EST on 12/10/06
High court upholds key copyright decision
Data bases compiled by newspapers and other publishers cannot simply reproduce freelance work without the specific agreement of writers, photographers and illustrators, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled this morning.
The ruling was a partial victory for writer Heather Robertson, who launched a class action suit in 1996 against The Globe and Mail and its then-owner - Thomson Corporation - for copyright infringement.
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