Television New Zealand Ltd v Newsmonitor Services Ltd - [1994] 2 NZLR 91

Copyright — Infringement — Television broadcasts — Scripts of news or current affairs programmes — Literary copyright in script — Dramatic copyright in programme — Cinematographic copyright in videotape and soundtrack of programme — Broadcast copyright — Implied waiver of copyright by broadcaster — Copying for private purposes — Copying for purpose of private research or study — Fair dealing — Implied licence — Reproduction for purposes of judicial proceeding — Copyright Act 1962, ss 2, 3(2), 3(8), 7, 7(1), 7(3), 9(4), 14, 14(5)(a), 15, 15(2), 15(4), 15(6), 18(6), 19, 19(1), 19(4) and 21(1).

Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Freedom of expression — Freedom to receive ideas and opinions — Whether protection of freedom to receive ideas and opinions conflicts with Copyright Act 1962 — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 14.