Tuesday, 26 August 2008
You heard it first … everywhere else. I know. House of Commons has reported it, as have assiduous commenters on this blog.
But for those who didn’t know: IceTV has been granted special leave. More commentary from House of Commons here. My previous commentary here and here; Bill Patry here. For my money, read David Lindsay’s slides from a presentation he gave on the case for the Copyright Society (click on ‘Download Powerpoints’ – immediately below the heading on that page): no one has done the work like he has. Oh, and don’t forget Peter Vogel – one of the men at the centre of the storm.
Fun, fun, fun.
Update: the High Court transcript from the special leave hearing is available here. It makes for some very interesting reading.
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August 31st, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Wow, check out the special leave transcript on Austlii! They’ve made it clear that this will be a root-and-branch re-examination of the law, with Gummow (Gummow!) expressing major skepticism about the UK cases and preferring the US ones, citing all manner of political views about the inappropriateness of dodgy applications of old copyright law to ‘electronic’ settings. Counsel were even given some required reading: Dr Deazley in [2004] Intellectual Property Quarterly 121. There is also what may be a useful article by Professor Sterk in Michigan Law Review for 1996, Volume 94, pp 1197 called Rhetoric and Reality in Copyright Law. ICE must be very happy.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
As the guy who had the idea, some 20 years ago, to recreate the TV guide by observation and prediction, I’ve written some thoughts about the whole sorry saga on my blog http://www.vogelross.com.au/vrblog
October 28th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
The High Court began hearing the Ice TV appeal today before six justices (Justice Kirby didn’t sit). The hearing will continue tomorrow. The transcript of the first day of oral argument is already available on AustLII here …
December 8th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Very interesting transcript – sounds like a shakeup of some degree is on the cards.
April 20th, 2010 at 3:23 am
This can be one of the best blog posts that I’ve possibly ever read. It’s like a well-written paper. Your topic has relevancy, you’ve broken the topics down logically.