Re: Academics and coursepacks

Peter Groves <petergroves[_at_]compuserve.com> wrote:
>
> I might have missed it, but has anyone mentioned section 8 of the
> Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, which gives the publisher
> copyright in the typographical arrangement of a published edition for
> 25 years from first publication? Hardly the most important incident
> of copyright, granted, but it may be to the point in this discussion.
>
> I have always understood it is something unique to the UK, though
> presumably those countries that closely follow our legislation (eg
> Ireland, many commonwealth countries, Israel and perhaps even the US?)
> may have it too. It would be interesting to know what other countries'
> laws say.

Australia has very similar protection for subject matter other than works to that of the UK (see Part IV):

 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/index.html

in particular, for published edition protection:

 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/s88.html
 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/s92.html
 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/s96.html
 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/s100.html
 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/s112.html
 

and I understand New Zealand and Canada have similar protections.

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