Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd v Sharman License Holdings Ltd [2005] FCA 1242 COPYRIGHT – Authorisation – Internet file-sharing – Suit by owners of copyright in sound recordings against parties involved with Kazaa peer-to-peer file sharing system – Whether respondents authorised infringements of copyright by Kazaa users – Issues as to respondents' knowledge of, and intentions concerning, users' activities – Extent of respondents' control of those activities – Whether Kazaa system includes a central server – Termination, filtering and other technological controls – Non-technological controls – Whether the respondents merely provided the facilities used by Kazaa users – Application of s 101 of Copyright Act to each respondent.
TRADE PRACTICES – Alleged misleading and deceptive conduct. CONSPIRACY – Alleged combination – Whether sole or dominant purpose to injure applicants – Whether agreement to use unlawful means to injure applicants. Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) ss 10, 13(2), 22(6), 85, 101, 112E Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 52, 52A
WEA International Inc v Hanimex Corporation Ltd (1987) 17 FCR 274 considered
University of New South Wales v Moorhouse (1975) 133 CLR 1 considered and applied
CBS Songs Ltd v Amstrad Consumer Electronics PLC [1988] 1 AC 1013 distinguished
Australian Tape Manufacturers Association Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia (1993) 176 CLR 480 considered
Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd v Metro on George Pty Ltd (2004) 61 IPR 575 followed
Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd v Jain (1990) 26 FCR 53 applied
King v Milpurrurra (1996) 66 FCR 474 considered
Microsoft Corporation v Auschina Polaris Pty Ltd (1996) 71 FCR 231 followed
Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty Ltd 177 ALR 231 applied
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 RECORDS, 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, LAFACE RECORDS v SHARMAN LICENSE HOLDINGS LTD, SHARMAN NETWORKS LTD, LEF INTERACTIVE PTY LTD, NICOLA ANNE HEMMING, PHILIP MORLE, ALTNET INC, BRILLIANT DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT INC, BRILLIANT DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, KEVIN GLEN BERMEISTER, ANTHONY ROSE
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