Copyright in connection with cable distribution of TV channels
Supreme Court judgment of 10 March 2016, HR-2016-562-A, (case no. 2015/1101), civil case, appeal against judgment
Norwaco (Counsel John S. Gulbrandsen) v. Get AS (Counsel Rasmus Asbjørnsen)
Justices: Webster, Arntzen, Falch, Tønder, Utgård
The court sustained the claim of cable distributor Get AS that Norwaco was not to be paid remuneration for cable transmission of TV channels TVNorge, FEM, MAX and VOX.
The case clarifies that there is no retransmission of broadcasts, cf. section 34 of the Copyright Act, when a cable company distributes television channels, which it receives in a closed electronic transmission, but which are broadcast simultaneously via satellite and the terrestrial network. Dissenting judgment 4-1