Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd v Sharman License Holdings Ltd [2004] FCA 1463

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd v Sharman License Holdings Ltd [2004] FCA 1463 UNIVERSAL MUSIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FESTIVAL RECORDS PTY LTD AND MUSHROOM RECORDS PTY LTD TRADING AS FESTIVAL MUSHROOM RECORDS, EMI MUSIC AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, WARNER MUSIC AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED, BMG AUSTRALIA LIMITED, UMG RECORDINGS, INC, SHADY RECORDS, INC/INTERSCOPE RECORDS, AFTERMATH RECORDS, REAL HORRORSHOW PTY LTD, THE LIVING END PTY LTD, VIRGIN RECORDS AMERICA, INC, EMI RECORDS LTD, CAPITOL RECORDS, INC, ARISTA RECORDS, LLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ARISTA RECORDS, INC), CIRCA RECORDS LTD, CHRYSALIS RECORDS LTD, SONY MUSIC (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (CANADA) INC, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, MAYER MUSIC LLC, TIMOTHY JAMES FREEDMAN, WARNER BROS RECORDS INC, ATLANTIC RECORDING CORPORATION, WARNER MUSIC UK LTD, J RUBY PRODUCTIONS, INC DBA SLASH RECORDS, ZOMBA RECORDING LLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ZOMBA RECORDING CORPORATION), BMG MUSIC (BMG MUSIC DBA THE RCA RECORDS LABEL, A UNIT OF BMG ENTERTAINMENT), BMG UK & IRELAND LTD AND LAFACE RECORDS v SHARMAN LICENSE HOLDINGS LTD, SHARMAN NETWORKS LTD, LEF INTERACTIVE PTY LTD, NICOLA ANNE HEMMING, PHIL MORLE, ALTNET INC, BRILLIANT DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT INC, BRILLIANT DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, KEVIN GLEN BERMEISTER, ANTHONY ROSE NSD 110 of 2004 WILCOX J 27 OCTOBER 2004 SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NSD 110 of 2004

BETWEEN: UNIVERSAL MUSIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

FIRST APPLICANT

FESTIVAL RECORDS PTY LTD AND MUSHROOM RECORDS PTY LTD TRADING AS FESTIVAL MUSHROOM RECORDS

SECOND APPLICANT

EMI MUSIC AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED

THIRD APPLICANT

SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED