High Court rules on radio simulcast licensing in Australia
The Australian High Court has rejected an appeal from Commercial Radio Australia in a decision that means the national body will have to pay licensing fees on internet streamed broadcasts.
The case was brought against the CRA by the Phonographic Performance Company of America, which won a Federal Court appeal in February that allowed them to seek license fees from radio for internet simulcasts.
It was decided that simulcasts are not covered by the 1968 Copyright Act’s definition of a ...
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