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Copyright Decision In Australia Vindicates 3d-Party EPG Provider

Posted by timothy on from the facts-and-figures dept.

angry tapir writes "In a landmark decision, the High Court of Australia has ruled that Electronic Program Guide (EPG) vendor IceTV has not violated the copyright of Channel 9 by reproducing programming information in its third-party EPG. This case has been running since May 2006, when the Nine Network alleged that IceTV's electronic program guide infringed the copyright of Channel 9's television schedule."

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  1. What does this mean by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    for New Zealand then? Being a Commonwealth country with shared common laws, does this apply to us, and mean that TVNZ/MediaWorks/Sky don't own this information, and it can finally be allowed to be published as a fact by anyone?