Supreme Court of Canada Ruling
Four issues were presented to the Supreme Court to decide:
On the appeal:
- Would a licence from a freelance author specifically granting a publisher the right to republish his or her article in the electronic databases need to be in writing?
- Does Robertson have standing to assert a claim on behalf of employees of the Globe?
On the cross-appeal:
Whether the electronic databases infringed the right of
- freelance authors; and
- Globe staff writers.
The bulk of the opinion was focused on the first of the cross-appeal issues.
Read more about this topic: Robertson V. Thomson Corp.
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