Intellectual Property Law, Prof. Siebrasse	Copyright – Compilations

Intellectual Property Law
Copyright
Compilations

1.	Compilations
a.	A compilation is a collection of non-original material
b.	Although the material itself is not original to the author the selection and arrangement may be, and if so, is protected: Slumber-Magic

2.	Compilations
a.	“So long as work, taste and discretion have entered into the composition, that originality is established. In the case of a compilation, the originality requisite to copyright is a matter of degree depending on the amount of skill, judgment or labour that has been involved in making the compilation”
(1)	Slumber-Magic
(2)	Review also Ladbroke v Hill (Ch.8)
b.	Is there a higher standard of originality for compilations?  If so, why?

3.	Cases
a.	Are Cramp and Caron consistent in their findings regarding originality?
b.	Would it have been preferable if the court in Cramp had held the plaintiff’s work to be original but found independent creation?
c.	Would it have been preferable if the court in Caron had denied copyright to the plaintiff’s work?