Optus loses mobile TV case in Australia
02 May 2012
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Peter Leung, Hong Kong
The Australian Full Federal Court has found that Optus’s TV Now service, which streamed over-the-air television to customers’ mobiles, infringed the AFL and NRL’s copyrights
The Australian Football League, the National Rugby League and telecoms company Telstra were plaintiffs in the suit. The AFL and NRL had sold Telstra the exclusive rights to broadcast their games over the internet.
The trial court's decision had held that telecoms provider Optus's service fell within the Section 111 exception allowing private users to make recordings to watch at a more convenient time.
But on April 27 the Full Federal Court disagreed, finding that the recording was made...
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