NIPC Law

The Internet Messenger Author   Buky Schwartz   Licence CC BY-2,5   Source  Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Lady Justice Rose and Lord Justice Arnold)  Warner Music UK Ltd and others v TuneIn Inc ,    [2021] EWCA Civ 441 (26 March 2021) This was an appeal by Tunein Inc. against Mr Justice Birss judgment in Warner Music UK Ltd and others v TuneIn Inc [2019] EWHC 2923 (Ch) (1 Nov 2019) which I discussed in  Copyright - Warner Music UK Ltd and Others v TuneIn Inc.   4 Nov 2019.  The claimants, who between them, account for more than half of the market for digital sales of recorded music in the UK and about 43% globally, sued Tunein Ltd for copyright infringement. TuneIn does not collect, transmit or store any third party audio content but it does connect users to third party radio stations' streams and earns money from advertising and subscriptions.  Mr Justice Birss found that TuneIn h...

Smartphones Author Senado Federal  Licence CC BY-SA 2.0   Source  Wikipedia Smartphone Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Mr Justice Birss)  Warner Music UK Ltd and another v Tunein Inc [2019] EWHC 3374 (Ch) (18 Dec 2019) The claimants, and the groups they represent, own or hold the exclusive licences to copyright in sound recordings of music. Together, they account for more than half the market for digital sales of recorded music in the UK and about 43% globally.   If a radio station wishes to play a record in the claimant's repertoire it needs a licence from the claimant which it can obtain directly from one of the claimants or indirectly from a collecting society. As most radio stations broadcast primarily to listeners who can receive their radio signals those licences tend to be restricted to the country in which they are located.  It is now possible for radio stations to broadcast over the internet. Some stations such a...

Author Sjiong   Licence    CC BY-SA 2.0  Source Wikipedia High Court   Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Mr Justice Birss)  Warner Music UK Ltd and others v TuneIn Inc [2019] EWHC 2923 (Ch) (1 Nov 2019) This was an action for copyright infringement brought by the copyright owners or exclusive licensees of sound recordings that account for more than half the market for digital sales of recorded music in the UK and about 43% globally against the audio streaming service TuneIn Inc,  which is said to have 75 million active users around the world with access to about 100,000 radio stations.  This action had been heard by Mr Justice Henry Carr who died before he could deliver judgment. Rather than insist on a full retrial, the parties agreed that Mr Justice Birss should read the materials, including the transcripts of the hearing and then hear the parties' arguments.  The hearing before Mr Justice Birss took place on ...