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CBS Songs Limited v Amstrad Consumer Electronics Plc [1988] 1 AC 1013

By Oxbridge Law TeamUpdated 04/01/2024 07:03

Judgement for the case CBS Songs Limited v Amstrad Consumer Electronics Plc

Table Of Contents

  • Defendant, Amstrad, manufactured and sold a dual-tape cassette machine, which enabled recordings to be made from one cassette tape to another.

  • Claimant sued on behalf of the record industry, alleging that Defendant had authorised members of public to Claimant’s copyright by virtue of making, advertising and selling the machine.

Held

  • On facts, Amstrad’s adverts heavily implied that machine could be used to make illegal copies

    • However this is not authorisation of the making of copies.

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