INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - copyright - alleged infringement of applicants' copyright subsisting in Russian-language television channels by communication of the television channels to the public - whether copyright subsists in the broadcasts of content on the Russian-language television channels - meaning of "television broadcast" under Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) - whether first applicant held exclusive licences from each of the Russian broadcasters - whether communication to the public done without licence of the Russian broadcasters - whether conduct of respondents amounted to primary or secondary infringement of copyright
EVIDENCE - hearsay and opinion evidence - admissibility of correspondence from the Russian broadcasters concerning the rights of the licensees - whether correspondence admissible under s 66A of the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) on the basis of contemporaneous statements about the Russian broadcasters' state of mind - whether correspondence admissible under s 79 of the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) as expert opinion evidence
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