Copyright Decision In Australia Vindicates 3d-Party EPG Provider 66
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."
Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Interesting)
This is great news for us Australians who use the IceTV service - its adds TIVO like features to PVR recorders.
Now Channel Nine might actually play nice with them
It was ridiculous in the first place! (Score:3, Interesting)
It ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO WATCH THEIR STATION!
Are they so scared their programming is that bad, that they don't want people to know what they have on?
It's one of the most stupid things a company has ever done, it's not like sharing the content, it's a bloody listing.
Someone needs to slap channel 9 on the upside of the head, wtf were they thinking?
Re:suddenbreakoutofcommonsense Justified (Score:3, Interesting)
Laws in your country might be different, but you cannot copyright a phonebook here either. You can, though, copyright the organisation (the "database" if you want), but not the data itself, unless you created the data yourself, too.
You didn't create the person's name, phone number or address. But you created the database entry, and that entry is yours. Not the data within, though. So anyone could take your phonebook and use it as a source for his own database of a phone book.
If your head hurts already, don't ever touch our copyright law. That's one of its easier parts.
Re:This is great (Score:2, Interesting)