Case #2: Robertson v Thomson Corp. 2006, 274 D.L.R. (4th) 138; [2006] 2 SCR 363; 2006 SCC 43 (CanLII)

In 1995 Heather Robinson, a freelance journalist, wrote two articles for the Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail republished the articles, including them on CD-ROMs as essentially an archived record of the newspaper. They also made the articles available through an online database. She brought this action for breach of her copyright in those articles. She challenged both the inclusion of the newspaper in the CD-Rom as well as well as the making available of the articles in the online database as unauthorized reproductions ofher work without compensation. She sued claiming a violation of her copyright.

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