extending copyright to the relaying of
programmes. During the past two years
they have made repeated representations both to the Government of Hong Kong and,
through their parent organisation, at the
official and Ministerial levels here,
putting forward the following arguments
in support of their case:
(1)
The need to obtain permission
from the originating broadcasting
organisation would put them completely
at the mercy of a competitive company
(TVB).
(2) Nowhere else in the world, so
far as they are aware, is a broadcasting
company given any copyright protection
against the relay of their programmes (but see paragraph 27).
(3) The Company has invested
£3.6 million in Hong Kong and has
irrevocable current capital commitments
of nearly £700,000; it introduced
thirteen
television to the Colony twelve years ago
and incurred substantial losses during
the establishment of the service.
(4) Any arbitrary abrogation of or
derogation from their exclusive relay
rights would occasion most substantial
damage and would render it impossible for
them to proceed with certain capital works
involving substantial outlay.
(5) In planning its wired television
operations RTV has placed complete
reliance upon the exclusive rights under
its licence:
"indeed RTV may never have
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