Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd v The Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and Others: SC 17 Apr 2013

The agency alleged copyright infringement by the members of the appellant association who were licensed to copy newspaper articles for its members as part of its news monitoring service.
Held: It was necessary to refer to the European Court of Justice the question of whether article 5.1 of the 2001 Directive, as implemented in section 28A of the 1998 Act are satisfied.

Judges:

Lord Neuberger, President, Lord Kerr, Lord Clarke, Lord Sumption, Lord Carnwath

Citations:

[2013] UKSC 18, UKSC 2011/0202, [2013] 3 CMLR 11, [2013] ECDR 10, [2013] 2 All ER 852, [2013] EMLR 21, [2013] RPC 19

Links:

Bailii, Bailii Summary, SC Summary, SC

Statutes:

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Directive 2001/29/EC

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

At first InstanceThe Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and Others v Meltwater Holding Bv and Others ChD 26-Nov-2010
The claimant newspapers complained of the spidering of the web-sites and redistribution of the materials collected by the defendants to its subscribers. The defendants including the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) denied that they . .
Appeal fromThe Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and Others v Meltwater Holding Bv and Others CA 27-Jul-2011
The defendant companies provided media monitoring services, automatically searching web-sites for terms of interest. The claimant newspapers operated a licensing system through the first claimant permitting the re-use of the content on its members . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Intellectual Property, European

Updated: 17 November 2022; Ref: scu.472626