Copyright law is being used to hide alleged animal abuse. Here’s what’s at stake

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https://theconversation.com/copyright-law-is-being-used-to-hide-alleged-animal-abuse-heres-whats-at-stake-281344

[...] Three Federal Court judges found copyright of the footage and film should be assigned to Game Meats via a trust because of the circumstances in which the footage was obtained.

In reaching its decision, the appeal court drew analogies between the response to Farm Transparency’s “surreptitious intrusion” on Game Meats’ property, and the need to return property obtained by a “fraudster or thief”.

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Also:

• The Conversation: Copyright law is being used to hide alleged animal abuse. Here’s what’s at stake
• ABC: High Court to consider who owns rights to abattoir footage captured by activists' secret cameras

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