TVBO Production Limited v Australia Sky Net Pty Limited [2009] FCA 1132 (7 October 2009)

• TVBO Production Limited v Australia Sky Net Pty Limited [2009] FCA 1132 (7 October 2009)

  tags: Copyright, broadcasts

  • COPYRIGHT – interception by Taiwan-based corporation of signals during authorised transmission by another enterprise of episodes of a television series – re-transmission of episode via satellite to subscribers of A-Sky-Net pay television service in Australia – conduct was an electronic transmission of the episode by means of that transmission and thus a communication within s 10 of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) – the communication was made to the public – the Taiwanese corporation thereby infringed the first applicant’s copyright in the episode transmitted as described – Chairman of Directors of the Taiwan corporation held to have authorised the infringement

Interesting!