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 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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