Richards, a freelance writer, wrote a long article on the devastating effects of a tsunami in Asia and submitted it to the Globe and Mail, a leading newspaper that had published other articles by her. The newspaper agreed to publish her article in its December 2019 print edition. In early 2020, the Globe and Mail published a number of extracts from what it described as "the best Globe and Mail articles of 2019" on its website. Included was Richard's tsunami article. Richards complains that

(1) she had never agreed to the publication on the internet, and
(2) in editing the article for the website, the newspaper had omitted important details so that the edited version did not properly represent the original work.