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24 Bull. Copyright Soc'y U.S.A. 369 (1976-1977)
Canadian Copyright Law in the Context of American-Canadian Relations - The Fourteenth Annual Jean Geiringer Memorial Lecture on International Copyright Law

handle is hein.journals/jocoso24 and id is 409 raw text is: Henderson. Canadian Copyright Law PART I ARTICLES 378. CANADIAN COPYRIGHT LAW IN THE CONTEXT OF AMERICAN-CANADIAN RELATIONS-The Fourteenth An- nual jean Geiringer Memorial Lecture on International Copyright Law* By GORDON F. HENDERSON, Q.C.** I. INTRODUCTION I am sensitive to the honour paid to a Canadian to speak to a dis- tinguished gathering such as this on the topic of copyright in the con- text of Canadian-American relations. Perhaps at the outset, I should say that the difference between a Canadian and an American is largely a difference in the state of mind. You may be aware of the story of a person who lives on the border between the United States and Canada. The International Joint Commission found that the river bed beside his home really placed his residence and place of birth in the United States rather than in Canada. Accordingly, he became au- tomatically an American citizen and ceased to be a Canadian citizen. When asked how he liked being a United States citizen his reply was: It is great. I don't think I could stand another Canadian winter. The mental attitude, however, may be reflected in the fact that the American is more, positive in his attitude and the Canadian is more reticent. We both examine a bottle of wine that is half consumed in different ways. The American will say the bottle is half full and we say it is half empty. You tend to look at the matter of similarity with us, and we seem to look at the difference. We, in Canada, aspire to your high standard of living, but still espouse the measured and un- hurried way of life of the French and the English. It is not difficult to understand the Canadian concern of domina- tion by the United States in economic and cultural matters, since Canada started comparatively slowly in the arts. The first printing press in North America was established in Cambridge, Massachusetts, *This lecture was delivered on February 23, 1977, in the Auditorium of the New York University School of Law in New York City. **Mr. Henderson is the President of BMI Canada Ltd. 369

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