The court found that Moneyweb had been able to prove that three of its seven articles used in part by Fin24 were original works.
However‚ the court found that Moneyweb had failed to show‚ in two of the three remaining articles that had been proven to be original works‚ that Media 24′s financial website Fin24 had reproduced substantial parts of those articles.
The court found that only one story published by Fin24 constituted an infringement of Moneyweb’s copyright.
In that article‚ the court found that Fin24 did not prove that the article it published based on an earlier Moneyweb report constituted “fair dealing”.
The court passed judgment on Thursday in an application by Moneyweb‚ which had sought a declaration that the publication by Fin24 of seven articles originally published by Moneyweb infringed its copyright.
Acting Judge Daniel Berger said where Moneyweb had proved its articles were original‚ the question was whether Fin24 had reproduced any substantial part of those articles.
