BROADCASTING NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1179, 29 November 1924, Page 5

BROADCASTING NEWS.

CASE IN AUSTRALIA. APPLICATION FOR INJUNCTION. SYDNEY, Nov. 28. A case of importance to newspaper interests lias been initialed by the Daily Telegraph Newspaper Company regarding the broadcasting of news. The Telegraph made an ex-parte application to the Equity Court lo restrain Broadcasters, Limited, its servants, or agents, from broadcasting or transmitting by wireless to, the public any portion of the letterpress contained in the plaintiff company’s newspapers and from infringing the copyright therein. An affidavit in support of the application set out that, allegedly, various portions of news and information appearing' in the plaintiff's newspapers was being broadcasted as being news supplied by the newspaper Daily Guardian; that the plaintiffs had not authorised or consented to the defendant’s sending out any news or information of any kind published in any of its newspapers; and that the plaintiffs had suffered and would suffer great damage by the defendant’s alleged actions. Marked copies of the Daily Telegraph were submitted indicating a large variety of news, which, it was alleged, had been broadcasted and which was alleged to have been transmitted as news supplied by the Daily Guardian. Mr Justice Maughan granted the plaintiffs leave to serve short notice of the motion for an injunction.—Press Association.