Canadian Ct. Rules On Freelancer Copyrights

Paul Starrson writes "A Canadian court has issued an important new decision on the rights of freelancers to be compensated for their work when it appears in a newspapers' database. This case, Robertson v. Thompson Corp., sounds much like the U.S. Tasini case that the U.S. Supreme Court decided several years ago. In this commentary on the case, it appears that the court provided a strong affirmation of the need for balance in Canadian copyright law but foreshadows a future battle over database rights in Canada."