114 Copyright Act, 1911.
§15(7). letterpress or in the maps, prints, or other engravinus belonging thereto.
Meaning of This sectiou reproduces substantially the provisions
"book." „f sects. 6 to 9 of the Copyright Act, 1842 (&). The
obligation is still confined to books, and as a book is now protected under the general heading of literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, as the case may be, the old de- finition of "book" is borrowed from the Copyright Act, 1842, and used for the purposes of this section onhv. The following have been held to be books within the mean- ing of the definition: —
(1) A newspaper (c) .
(2) A single sheet of music printed or in manu-
script {d) .
(3) A printed sheet containing a legal form (e).
(4) A volume of drawings without any letterpress (/) .
(5) A Christmas card with verses on it(^).
(6) A sheet of drawings with no letterpress, except the
names and prices of the articles illustrated (h) . The literary or artistic merit of the work contained in the sheet t)r volume has nothing to do with the question of whether or not it constitutes a "book"(i). Road books (fc), directories (l), tradesmen's catalogues (m), sheets of advertisements (w), telegraph codes (o), com-
(i) 5 & 6 Vict. e. 45.
(c) Walter v. Hone (1881), 17 Ch. D. 708 ; Walter v. Lane, [1900] A. C. 539.
[d) riementi v. Golding (1809). 2 Camp. 2-5 ; Storacev. Longmnn (1788), 2 Camp. 26, n. ; Hime v. Bale (1803), 2 Camp. 27, n. ; White v. Gerorh (1819), 2B. & Aid 298.
{f) Southern v. Miles (1894). 38 Sol. J. 681.
(/■) Boffue V. Hotilston (1852), 5 De G. & Sm. 267: Jfaplc v. Junior Armi/ and Navi/ Stores (1882), 21 Ch. D. 380 ; Life Publishinq Co. v. Rose rublishing Oo. (1906), 12 Ont. L. R. 386.
{g) midesheimer and Faulkner V. Dunn (1891), 64 L. T. (N. S.;i 452.
(h) Davis v. Benjamin, [1906] 2 Ch. 491.
(i) Walter v. Lane, [1900] A. C. 539, 548.
[k) Gary \. Longman (1801), 1 East, 358; Cary v. Eearsley (1802), 4 Esp. 168.
(/) Kelly V. Morris (1866), L. R. 1 Eq. 697 ; Morris v. Ashbee (1868), L. R. 7 Eq. 34 ; Morris v. Wright (1870), L. R. 5 Ch. 279 ; Longman v. Winchester (1809), 16 Ves. 269; Lamb v. Evans, [1893] 1 Ch. 218.
{m) Maple v. Junior Armi/ and Xavy Stores (1882), 21 Ch. D. 369 ; Collis V. Cater (1898), 78 L. T. (N. S.) 613.
(«) Lamb v. Evans, [1893] 1 Ch. 218, 222.
(o) Ager v. P. ^- 0. Steam Navigation Co. (1884), 24 Ch. D. 637.
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