Confidentiality and copyright: Emails covered too
by Scott Smalley, Freehills
Scott Smalley is a Solicitor in the Freehills Corporate group.
Scott Smalley provides an overview of Woolworths Ltd v Olson. This case raised interesting confidentiality and copyright issues. In particular, in relation to copyright, the Court found that the sending of an email constituted 'reproduction' of confidential information. Therefore, copyright was infringed, even though the emails in question were never opened.
Full text to be posted shortly.
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