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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’m surprised I haven’t seen any comments from
Australian MythTV users about the court case win this week?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h3><b><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
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color=black><span style='color:black'>Australian High Court thaws copyright
protection</span></font></a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Got this in an
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searchIndex=227 mk_i=227 inner="Inalandmarkcopyrightcase1theHighCourtunanimouslyheldthatIceTVdidnotinfringecopyrightbyreproducingindividualitemsoftimeandtitleinformationfromNineNetworksweeklytelevisionschedulesThedecisionsignalsashiftawayfromthesweatofthebrowprotectionpreviouslyaffordedtodatacompilationsinAustraliareinforcingthatcopyrightprotectsexpressionofinformationandnottheinformationitself"><i><font
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>In a landmark
copyright case,1 the High Court unanimously held that IceTV did not infringe
copyright by reproducing individual items of time and title information from
Nine Network’s weekly television schedules. The decision signals a shift
away from the “sweat of the brow” protection previously afforded to
data compilations in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
reinforcing that copyright protects expression of information and not the
information itself.</span></font></i></em><i><span style='font-style:italic'><br
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Regards,</span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Dean Collins<br>
</span></font><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Cognation Inc<br>
</span></font><a href="mailto:dean@cognation.net"
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title="blocked::mailto:dean@cognation.net"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>dean@cognation.net</span></span></span></font><span
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size=1 color=black face=Arial><U1:DIAL u1:st="on"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>+1-212-203-4357</U1:DIAL> </span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'><ns0:State
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w:insAuthor="Dean Collins" w:insDate="2009-04-24T07:38:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Dean Collins" w:endInsDate="2009-04-24T07:38:00Z"><st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font color=black><span style='color:black'>New
York</span></font></st1:place></st1:State></ns0:place></ns0:State><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
<U1:DIAL u1:st="on">+61-2-9016-5642</U1:DIAL> (</span></span><U1:CITY u3:st="on"><U1:PLACE u3:st="on"></font><ns0:City
w:insAuthor="Dean Collins" w:insDate="2009-04-24T07:38:00Z"
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w:insAuthor="Dean Collins" w:insDate="2009-04-24T07:38:00Z"
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w:insAuthor="Dean Collins" w:insDate="2009-04-24T07:38:00Z"
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w:endInsAuthor="Dean Collins" w:endInsDate="2009-04-24T07:38:00Z"><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font color=black><span style='color:black'>Sydney</span></font></st1:place></st1:City></ns0:place></ns0:City></ns0:place></ns0:City><font
color=black><span style='color:black'></U1:PLACE></U1:CITY> in-dial).<br>
+44-20-3129-6001 (</span></font><ns0:City w:insAuthor="Dean Collins"
w:insDate="2009-04-24T07:38:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Dean Collins"
w:endInsDate="2009-04-24T07:38:00Z"><ns0:place w:insAuthor="Dean Collins"
w:insDate="2009-04-24T07:38:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Dean Collins"
w:endInsDate="2009-04-24T07:38:00Z"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>London</span></font></st1:place></st1:City></ns0:place></ns0:City><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> in-dial).</span></font></span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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