Philanthropic Collection (Pty) Ltd v Girls & Boys South Africa (3029/2017)
Philanthropic Collection (Pty) Ltd v Girls & Boys South Africa (3029/2017) [2017] ZAGPJHC 302; 20197 BIP 143 (GJ) (15 February 2017)
The court found that the applicant was the sole organizer of the 2015 CEO SleepOut event and made all necessary arrangements for the creation of the donor database, including the website and registration process. The respondent's contribution, limited to the creation of an EFT form and manual data entry, did not meet the threshold for originality or authorship under the Copyright Act. The database was created specifically for the event and for the purpose of issuing section 18A certificates, not for the respondent's subsequent fundraising. The heads of agreement did not confer joint ownership…
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- Copyright Infringement
- Ownership Of Database
- Urgent Interdict
- Originality Requirement