Reformation Publishing Co Ltd v Cruiseco Ltd

Subject Matter

COPYRIGHT — Infringement — Damages — Defendant in breach of copyright posting well-known songs on websites and file sharing platform — Defendant sending link required to access platform to various businesses — Defendant removing songs from websites after five days but file sharing platform remaining active for much longer period — Whether defendant continuing to make “communication to the public” while file sharing platform active — Duration of notional licence on which damages based — Assessment of damages — Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c 48), s 20 (as substituted by Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2498), r 6(1))

[2018] EWHC 2761 (Ch); [2019] Bus LR 78; [2018] WLR(D) 657, Ch D