Thursday, September 13, 2007

Battle over images of the rugby world cup

TV3 has been fighting to protect its exclusive right to images to rugby world cup and has won.

"TV3 wins injunction against Sky over World Cup coverage
6:01PM Wednesday September 12, 2007
By Edward Gay

MediaWorks, owner of TV3, has won an interim injunction against Sky's coverage of the Rugby World Cup.

TV3 issued proceedings in the High Court today saying it believed Sky was in serious breach of the rules surrounding "fair dealing" in its use of footage.

A full hearing of the injunction will take place on Friday.

The ruling imposes a ban on Sky including TV3 Rugby World Cup footage on The Cup, Rugby Highlights (channel 33) and Sport 365 Highlights."

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