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Privy Council Wellington
5, 18 July 1989
Lord Bridge of Harwich, Lord Ackner, Lord Goff of Chieveley, Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle and Lord Lowry
5, 18 July 1989
Lord Bridge of Harwich, Lord Ackner, Lord Goff of Chieveley, Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle and Lord Lowry
Copyright — Infringement — Literary or dramatic work — Format of television programme — Talent quest programme produced for New Zealand television and called "Opportunity Knocks" copied features of British programme bearing the same name — Whether "scripts" which only expressed a general idea or concept for a talent quest could be the subject of copyright — Whether New Zealand programme had infringed the British programme's copyright — Appeal from [1988] 2 NZLR 490.