Case submitted by Tatiana-Eleni Synodinou, Assistant professor, Law Department, University of Cyprus. This irresponsible behaviour lurks many dangers that are not limited to matters of copyright only, but also concerns other legal issues, for example with regard to broadcasting TV programs at an improper time or of an improper nature. It is unthinkable and irresponsible to broadcast a TV program while ignoring its content. In the opinion of the Court, this is clearly a practical problem which should have been discussed and solved during the negotiations between the defendant and ALTER before entering into any agreement for cooperation. The District Court of Nicosia rejected the argument of non-control over the rebroadcasted programs. The defendant was prohibited to modify the programming by its agreement with ALTER.
SIGMA TV CYPRUS PROGRAM LICENSE
Claimant was also granted an exclusive license to broadcast thirty Greek films of Finos Films, including ‘Some like it cold.’ The defendant, a Cypriot TV channel, relayed the programming of Greek television channel ALTER in its entirety in Cyprus, including broadcasts of ‘Barbie as the princess and the pauper’ and ‘Some Like It cold’. The case reflects a particularity of the Cypriot radio broadcasting reality where it is common that a TV or radio channel simply rebroadcasts TV programs of a foreign, mainly Greek, TV channel.Ĭlaimant, Sigma Radio TV Public Ltd, one of the major TV channels in Cyprus, had the exclusive right to broadcast Barbie-films in Cyprus, among others ‘Barbie as the princess and the pauper’ and ‘Barbie and the magic of Pegasus’. The fact that defendant only rebroadcasted the Greek TV Channel ALTER in Cyprus, without having any editorial control, doesn’t safeguard him against liability for copyright infringement. Cyprus: Rebroadcasting Greek TV channel infringes copyright on Barbie-filmsĭistrict Court of Nicosia, 26-01-2012, r. The selection of this month includes recently submitted cases from Cyprus, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, Bulgaria & Belgium. To satisfy the increasing curiosity about what is happening in the copyright courts of other EU member states, we regularly publish short overviews of cases that were recently added to the database. Whereas the blog serves as a platform where scholars and practioners can share their informed opinions on specific aspects of IP law and jurisprudence, the related Kluwer Copyright Cases Database aims to accumulate important case law (new and older) in the field of copyright in one database. The KluwerCopyrightBlog is part of Kluwer’s IP Law portfolio.
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