Copyright Licensing Ltd v University of Auckland - [2016] 2 NZLR 1

Copyright — Copyright licensing scheme — Whether proposal was licensing scheme — Whether scheme required more than one class — Whether scheme’s standing offer distinguished it from individual negotiated licences — Whether Tribunal could vary terms of scheme — Whether Tribunal could substitute entirely different scheme — “Licensing scheme” — “Class” — Interpretation Act 1999, ss 4 and 33.

Statutes — Construction — Whether proposal was licensing scheme — Whether proposal in nature of scheme — Whether scheme required more than one class — Whether words in plural included singular — Whether context and purpose required plural — Whether Tribunal could vary terms of scheme — Whether Tribunal could substitute entirely different scheme — Interpretation Act 1999, ss 4 and 33.