Mansell v Star Printing & Publishing Co of Toronto Ltd The appellant, a publisher of fine art colour-prints, resident in England, was the owner of 31 pictures painted before 1 January 1924, prints of which were manufactured by him and sold for various purposes. The pictures were not “produced or reproduced in Canadaâ€ prior to 1 January 1924, nor had the appellant ever recorded the copyright thereof under the Canadian Copyright Act of 1906 (RSC, c 70).