A prosecution was laid against the defendant who used a decoder to receive football programmes in her public house via a satellite which beamed the programmes from a provider in Greece. The allegation made by the defence was that this was in effect an attempt to enforce a geographical restriction which was contrary to European Union law. It had been conceded by the prosecutor that the finding of dishonesty against the defendant in that case could not stand if the geographical restriction on the use of the decoder was indeed unlawful.
Stanley Burnton LJ, Barling J
[2012] EWHC 529 (Admin), [2012] 3 CMLR 3, [2012] FSR 13, [2013] 1 Costs LR 16
Bailii
England and Wales
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Cited – Federation Against Copyright Theft Ltd v Ashton Admn 7-Jun-2013
The Federation appealed against a decision rejecting its complaint against the defendant of having committed offences under the 1988 Act. He ran a social club, and was accused of showing material taken via a contract with Virgin for private showing, . .
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Costs, Intellectual Property, Crime
Updated: 30 December 2021; Ref: scu.451875