[ACC News] Australian Hotels Association v Copyright Tribunal

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Nightclub operators sought judicial review of the Copyright Tribunal¹s
confirmation of the licensing scheme referred by PPCA.

The Full Federal Court has dismissed a claim that the Tribunal made a
jurisdictional error in questioning the value of ³music in nightclubs² as
distinct from ³music in nightclubs for the purpose of dancing².


Australian Hotels Association v Copyright Tribunal [2008] FCAFC 37 (13 March
2008)

Reported at http://www.copyright.org.au/u28178

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