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Needletime Royalties: At last, some case law

Posted on May 26, 2015

Needletime Royalties: At last, some case law

You wait ages for a reported judgment concerning “needletime” royalties pursuant to section 9A of the Copyright Act, and then two come along at approximately the same time. There were two reported decisions, one, an enquiry by the Copyright Tribunal, and, the other, a judgment by the Supreme Court of Appeal following an appeal from the Copyright Tribunal. Needletime royalties are the amounts charged for copyright licences for the playing of sound recordings which are audible to the members of the public. Besides the courts’ consideration of the methods used for calculating the royalties...

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