Sillitoe v McGraw-Hill Book Company (U.K.) Ltd [1983] FSR 545
Judgement for the case Sillitoe v McGraw-Hill Book Company (U.K.) Ltd
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Defendant, a book publisher, produced a manual of study notes on a novel; in doing so, Defendant reproduced 5% of the original novel.
Claimant, owner of copyright in novel, sued for infringement.
Held
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Creation of notes was NOT for research or private study.
This because Defendant is not himself engaged in private study or research; rather Defendant is merely facilitating this for others in order to obtain a profit
in addition creation of book was done for a commercial purpose, and thus does not fall under defence
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