CRI 200 Chapter 3: Readings: Week 5 - Ch. 3
11 Feb 2017
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Copyright exists in other works and other subject matter. For copyright to remain in a work, an original expression must be fixed in some tangible form. Cp is limited and at the end of its term becomes part of the public domain. Interest arises at the moment the idea becomes a tangible medium of expression. Copyright subsists in works and other subject matter. Current cdn cp act recognizes 4 categories of works: literary, dramatic, musical, artistic. Performances, sound recordings, broadcast signals also apply. Many objects containing ip can actually be comprised of many distinct works. Newspapers and how all the stories are written by different people. For cp to subsist in a work, an original expression must be fixed in some tangible form. Work must be original to be covered by cp. Original can mean: something never before seen to something not expressly copied. Legal test: (cid:862)for a (cid:449)ork to (cid:271)e origi(cid:374)al it (cid:373)ust origi(cid:374)ate fro(cid:373) the author(cid:863) (cid:894)p. 40(cid:895)
