High Court to hear copyright case
01 September 2008
Peter Ollier, Hong Kong
A compiler of an electronic programme guide has been granted leave to appeal to Australia’s highest court in a groundbreaking Australian case
The High Court, the final court of appeal in Australia, decided to hear the appeal on August 26.
In the transcript, Judge Gummow indicated that the Court intends to go back to basic principles by asking counsel "to deal with this matter without any reticence in starting at the bottom, so to speak".
Since 2005 IceTV has produced an electronic programme guide that allows viewers to select the programmes they want to record in advance, using a personal video recorder.
In 2005 Nine...
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