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Premier League overcome Euro-defences to score copyright infringement win (Football Association Premier League Ltd v Luxton)

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Published on: 15 November 2016
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  • What did the court decide?

Article summary

IP & IT analysis: The Court of Appeal dismissed Mr Luxton’s appeal against copyright infringement proceedings brought by the The Football Association Premier League (FAPL) where Mr Luxton was relaying live broadcasts of FAPL games through use of a domestic rather than commercial satellite decoder card.

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