(High Court of Australia) The plaintiffs complained that the facilities of a library included a photocopying machine, alleging that this encouraged copyright infringement. Held; Gibbs J said: ‘a person who has under his control the means by which an infringement of copyright may be committed – such as a photocopying machine – and who makes it available to other persons, knowing, or having reason to suspect, that it is likely to be used for the purpose of committing an infringement, and omitting to take reasonable steps to limit its use to legitimate purposes, would authorise any infringement that resulted from its use.’
Judges:
Gibbs J
Citations:
[1976] RPC 151
Jurisdiction:
Australia
Cited by:
Cited – Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Another v Newzbin Ltd ChD 29-Mar-2010
The defendant operated a web-site providing a search facility of the Usenet news system which allowed its users to locate copies of films online for downloading. The claimant said this was an infringement of its copyrights.
Held: The defendant . .
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Intellectual Property
Updated: 05 December 2022; Ref: scu.267926