ed ▁the ▁Glo be ▁and ▁Mail ▁for ▁una ut hor ized ▁reprodu ction ▁of ▁her ▁work . ▁The ▁case ▁was ▁granted ▁class ▁action ▁status . ▁ ▁Robert son ▁also ▁assert ed ▁claims ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁sal ar ied ▁writers ▁at ▁the ▁Glo be . ▁ ▁The ▁issue ▁before ▁the ▁Court ▁was ▁whether ▁the ▁reprodu ction ▁of ▁Robert son ' s ▁articles ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Glo be ' s ▁copy right ▁in ▁its ▁newspaper ▁or ▁if ▁the ▁reprodu ction ▁in fr ing es ▁Robert son ' s ▁copy right ▁in ▁her ▁work . ▁ ▁Lower ▁court ▁r uling ▁At ▁trial ▁and ▁on ▁appeal , ▁the ▁courts ▁found ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁Robert son . ▁It ▁was ▁noted ▁that ▁for ▁the ▁Glo be ▁to ▁seek ▁protection ▁under ▁its ▁collect ive ▁copy right ▁the ▁database ▁must ▁const itute ▁a ▁newspaper ▁or ▁consist ▁of ▁a ▁" subst ant ial ▁part ▁there of ▁in ▁any ▁material ▁form ▁whatever ". ▁ ▁A ▁substantial ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁newspaper ▁exists ▁in ▁the ▁arr anging ▁and ▁formatting ▁of ▁articles , ▁much ▁of ▁which ▁is ▁lost ▁when ▁the ▁articles ▁are ▁put ▁on ▁a ▁database . ▁Thus , ▁the ▁courts ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁database ▁was ▁not ▁merely ▁a ▁newspaper ▁in ▁a ▁different ▁gu ise ▁but ▁a ▁new ▁work . ▁ ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁of ▁Canada ▁r uling ▁Four ▁issues ▁were ▁presented ▁to ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁to ▁decide : ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁appeal : ▁ ▁Would ▁a ▁lic ence ▁from ▁a ▁fre el ance ▁author ▁specifically ▁grant ing ▁a ▁publish er ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁repub