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the product of their competitor without

the latter's consent. They further

Consider that

(1) the problem cannot be viewed solely

in the RTV/TVB context since it is

likely that there will be a further

wireless television station in Hong

Kong within the next three or four

years,

(2) each company should be entitled to

control the relay of its broadcasts

and indeed every form of commercial

use to which programmes in which

it has invested money and technical

or artistic effort is put,

(3) since RTV's licence is expressly

subject to the copyright law for

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the time being, that company has

no right to be able to claim to

infringe whatever was decided to be

the proper copyright in broadcast

programmes****

THE COMMUNAL AERIALS ISSUE

Communal Aerial Systems: By reason

of the hilly terrain and the skyscraper

Cortáin arcas

buildings, mexy people in Hong Kong and

the New Territories are not able to

receive satisfactory wireless television

signals but need some form of wired.

communication to an effectively sited

aerial or receiver away from their

apartments or dwellings. Special aerials

are required not only to provide a wired

relay service but also for the

satisfactory reception of wireless tele-

vision in such areas.

Accordingly, the

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