Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 2010-0907 FCA B |
| Year | 2010 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Court | Federal Court |
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7 cases
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The Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd v Meltwater Holding BV
...and Designs (3 rd Ed 2000) (at [28]-[50])) by Bennett J in the Federal Court of Australia in Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited v. Reed International Books Australia Pty Limited [2010] FCA 984. 62 Fairfax is the only authority directly to address the status in copyright law of a headlin......
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Dreamstreet Lending Pty Ltd v Weiss (No 2)
...Ltd v Tonnex International Pty Ltd (2011) 91 IPR 488 Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd (2010) 189 FCR 109 Fightvision Pty Ltd v Onisforou (1999) 47 NSWLR 473 Findex Group Ltd v McKay [2020] FCAFC 182 Foran v Wight (1989) 168 CLR 385 Futuretronic......
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AGL Energy Limited v Greenpeace Australia Pacific Limited
...Pty Limited (No 3) [2014] FCA 909; 312 ALR 705 Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 984; 189 FCR 109 IceTV Pty Limited v Nine Network Australia Pty Limited [2009] HCA 14; 239 CLR 458 MID Sydney Pty Ltd v Australian Tourism Co Ltd [1998] ......
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The Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd v Meltwater Holding BV
...protection for titles to books and similar matters. Amongst them was the decision of Bennett J in Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 984 which, as she pointed out in paragraph 62 of her judgment, is the only one in which a newspaper he......
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7 firm's commentaries
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New Media, Technology and the Law (January 2011)
...Headlines Not Entitled to Copyright Protection Opinion: Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 984 (7 September French Court Finds Google and CEO Liable for Defamation for Search Results Associated with Plaintiff's Name News Report Canadia......
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Is this headline protected by copyright? Federal Court says no as Fairfax loses copyright infringement case.
...Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Limited [2010] FCA 984, the Federal Court held that newspaper headlines are not substantial enough to qualify for copyright protection and that even if they are, their reproduction by news aggregating services, incl......
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Nietzsche has Kanye West's back in rap battle -- US copyright case test originality of song lyrics
...5 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 12(b)(6). 6 Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd (2010) 189 FCR 109; 272 ALR 547; [2010] FCA 984 ; The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice ......
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English Court of Appeal the Sub Editor's Friend - A Finding in favour of copyright in newspaper headlines
...to that of Bennett J of the Federal Court of Australia in Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 984. In the Fairfax Case, her Honour considered a selection of headlines from the Australian Financial Review in which Fairfax claimed copyrig......
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5 books & journal articles
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Managing Ownership of Copyright in Research Publications to Increase the Public Benefits from Research
...v Ucorp Pty Ltd [2012] FCAFC 16; (2012) 201 FCR 173.132. Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 984; (2010)189 FCR 109.133. Milwell Pty Ltd v Olympic Amusements Pty Ltd (1999) 85 FCR 436; Kogan v Martin [2021] EWHC 24 (Ch).134. See, eg, th......
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Managing Ownership of Copyright in Research Publications to Increase the Public Benefits from Research
...v Ucorp Pty Ltd [2012] FCAFC 16; (2012) 201 FCR 173.132. Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 984; (2010)189 FCR 109.133. Milwell Pty Ltd v Olympic Amusements Pty Ltd (1999) 85 FCR 436; Kogan v Martin [2021] EWHC 24 (Ch).134. See, eg, th......
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The vanishing author in computer-generated works: a critical analysis of recent Australian case law.
...'work of joint authorship' in the Act. (148) See, eg, Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd (2010) 189 FCR 109, 131 [85]-[89] (Bennett J); Milwell Pry Ltd v Olympic Amusements Pty Ltd (1999) 85 FCR 436, 446-7 [32]-[41] (Lee, von Doussa and Heerey JJ......
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Curing the authorless void: protecting computer-generated works following IceTV and Phone Directories.
...[2003] ECDR 6, 59 [46] (Judge Floyd). (139) See, eg, Fairfax Media Publications Pry Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd (2010) 189 FCR 109, 134 [101] (Bennett J), where a newspaper article and its headline were found not to be a work of joint authorship. Notwithstanding that, o......
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