Monday, February 20, 2017

LEGS8007 Class 04.1




We began our look at copyright.  Todays class included the Statute of Anne, the Berne Convention, and of course Finian v Columba.  We asked the question what can be protected by copyright? We will go on to answer that in the next class.



Exam Questions:

1. Write a short note on each of the following cases:
Finian v Columba, (AD 567)
Millar v Taylor, (1769) 4 Burr. 2303; 98 ER 201
Hinton v Donaldson, SCS 1 July 1773
Donaldson v Becket, (1774) 2 Brown's Parl. Cases (2d ed.) 129
Phonographic Performance (Ireland) Ltd v Cody, [1998] 4 I.R. 504 at 511


2. Identify two objectives of the Berne Convention (1886)

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