Twentieth Century Fox Film Corpn v Newzbin Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Neutral Citation | [2010] EWHC 608 (Ch) |
| Date | 2011 |
| Year | 2010 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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Whitby Specialist Vehicles Ltd v Yorkshire Specialist Vehicles Ltd and Others
...The principles concerning joint tortfeasance were reviewed by Kitchin J (as he then was) in Twentieth Century Fox Corp v Newzbin Ltd [2010] EWHC 608 (Ch), [2010] FSR 21, where he concluded at [108]: "I derive from those passages that mere (even knowing) assistance or facilitation of the pri......
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Dramatico Entertainment Ltd and Others v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and Others
...Ltd was found by Kitchin J to have infringed the claimants' copyrights on a large scale: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp v Newzbin Ltd [2010] EWHC 608 (Ch), [2010] FSR 21 (" 20C Fox v BT"). He granted an injunction against Newzbin Ltd to restrain further infringements of the claimants' copy......
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EMI Records Ltd and Others v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and Others
...Kitchin J (as he then was) to have infringed the claimants' copyrights on a large scale: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp v Newzbin Ltd [2010] EWHC 608 (Ch), [2010] FSR 21 (" 20C Fox v Newzbin"). He granted an injunction against Newzbin Ltd to restrain further infringements of the claimants'......
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Omnibill (Pty) Ltd v Egpsxxx Ltd ((in Liquidation)) and Another
...Kitchin J as he then was considered the ambit of the tort of authorisation under s16 of the 1988 Act in Twentieth Century Fox v Newzbin [2010] EWHC 608 at paragraphs 85–95. Having considered the authorities, Kitchin J summarised the test in paragraph 90 as follows: In my judgment it is clea......
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3 firm's commentaries
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ISPs Are The New Targets In Copyright Infringement Cases - 20th Century Fox Film Corp & Others v British Telecommunications Plc
...2000/31. It remains to be seen how successful the blocking of NewzBin will be Footnotes Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp v Newzbin Ltd [2010] EWHC 608 (Ch), [2010] E.C.C. Bunt v Tilley [2006] EWHC 407. The Court, in the context of defamation, claimed that the state of a ISP's knowledge is an......
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Online Service Provider Liability - Key Developments In A New Sphere Of Copyright Enforcement
...least in part, to have been overcome. Footnotes Directive 2000/31/EC Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation & Anor v Newzbin Ltd [2010] EWHC 608 (Ch) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp & Ors v British Telecommunications Plc [2011] EWHC 1981 (Ch) Scarlet Extended SA v Société Belge des ......
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High Court Upholds Claim of Copyright Infringement in Internet Discussion System
...Century Fox Film Corporation & Ors v Newzbin Ltd [2010] EWHC 608 (Ch) The High Court has upheld a claim by Fox and other film makers for copyright infringement against the Defendant, Newzbin Ltd, arising from its operation of a website called The Defendant was found liable to the Claima......
2 books & journal articles
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REVISITING AUTHORISATION LIABILITY IN COPYRIGHT LAW
...(2005); Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd v Sharman License Holdings Ltd(2005) 220 ALR 1; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp v Newzbin Ltd[2010] FSR 21; and Dramatico Entertainment Ltd v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd[2012] EWHC 268 (Ch). 42 [1997] 2 SLR(R) 113 (CA). See, in particular, [35], wh......
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A LOOK BACK AT PUBLIC POLICY, THE LEGISLATURE, THE COURTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF COPYRIGHT LAW IN SINGAPORE
...The Straits Times (14 December 2011). 126[1988] AC 1013. For more recent UK cases, see Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp v Newzbin Ltd[2010] FSR 21. “[T]hat authorise means the grant or purported grant of the right to do the act complained of. It does not extend to mere enablement, assistance......