The Business Law Reports
[2013] Bus LR 866
Court of Appeal
Football Association Premier League Ltd and others v QC Leisure and others
[2012] EWCA Civ 1708
2012 Nov 26;
Dec 20
Etherton, Lewison, Munby LJJ
Copyright— Acts restricted by— Infringement by communication to public— Unauthorised use of foreign decoder cards in United Kingdom to access foreign transmissions of live football matches— Matches shown to customers in public houses— Claimant contending that publicans infringing film copyright by communication to public— Whether defence of free public showing available to publicans—
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c 48), ss 20, 72(1)(c) (as amended by Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2498), regs 6, 21)
— Council Directive 2001/29/EC, art 3