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Copyright infringement via satellite

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • October 29 2009

The recent Federal Court decision of TVBO Production Limited v Australia Sky Net Pty Limited 2009 FCA 1132 (7 October 2009) concerned copyright infringement allegations in relation to the applicants' television series entitled 'Twin of Brothers' made in Hong Kong

Channel Nine’s copyright case against IceTV goes to water

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • July 24 2009

In a landmark decision on Australian copyright law, the High Court recently overturned a decision of the Full Federal Court and unanimously held that IceTV had not infringed the Nine Network’s copyright in its television schedules

Internet Industry Association refused leave to participate in the iiNet copyright case

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • December 10 2009

The Internet Industry Association ("the IIA") was recently unsuccessful in its application to participate in the copyright infringement case brought against internet service provider iiNet by Roadshow Films and various other members of the film industry

Verse 1 wine hits wrong note by breaching Jane Rutter's copyright

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • August 7 2009

Australian flautist Jane Rutter recently won a copyright infringement case against a Western Australian winery, Brookland Valley Estate

Resale royalty right for visual artists scheme

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • April 15 2010

On 9 December 2009, the Federal Government fulfilled its 2007 election promise to implement a scheme providing for visual artists to receive a royalty on resales of their works by passing the Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Act 2009 (Act

ISP wins against motion picture studios: Roadshow Films Pty Ltd -v- iiNet Limited

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • February 4 2010

In a landmark decision, which has been closely watched around the world, Australia's third largest ISP, iiNet, has succeeded against the major motion picture studios in the US and Australia

APRA to make direct music licensing easier

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • April 30 2010

On 16 April 2010, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) re-authorised the Australasian Performing Right Association's (APRA) music licensing arrangements which provide a centralised means for businesses or individuals to obtain music licences rather than dealing directly with individual artists

Copyright claim against ABC TV’s rage turns on ownership

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • November 17 2010

A recent decision of the Federal Court emphasises two key factors that copyright litigants should keep in mind: they must be able to establish they performed the acts that qualify them as owners of the copyright they claim has been infringed, and they must bring their claim within six years of the infringement

UK High Court finds copyright in newspaper headlines; Fairfax distinguished

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia, United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 14 2010

In a decision with strikingly similar facts yet markedly different findings to September's Federal Court decision of Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd, the UK High Court has ruled that newspaper headlines are capable of copyright protection and that users of online media-monitoring services will infringe the copyright of newspaper publishers unless they obtain an appropriate licence

Larrikin awarded 5 of Down Under royalties for Kookaburra contribution

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • July 15 2010

In a judgment handed down on 6 July 2010 (Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) 2010 FCA 698), Jacobson J of the Federal Court ruled on Larrikin's entitlement to a share of the income collected by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS

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