A. work consisting partly of compilations and selections from former works, and partly of original compositions, may be the subject of copyright.
The defendant having published a book consisting of matter pirated from the Plaintiffs’ work intermixed with original matter, the Court, without waiting till the whole of the pirated parts could be ascertained enjoined the defendant from publishing his book containing any articles pirated from the Plaintiffs’ work.
Lord Langdale
[1839] EngR 930, (1839) 2 Beav 6, (1839) 48 ER 1080
Commonlii, Wolrdlii
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Kelly v Morris ChD 8-Mar-1866
The compiler of a directory or guide-book, containing information derived from sources common to all, which must of necessity be identical in all cases if correctly given, is not entitled to spare himself the labour and expense of original inquiry . .
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Updated: 03 September 2021; Ref: scu.311462