Hubbard v Vosper [1972] 2 Q.B. 84
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Defendant, a disenchanted member of Church of Scientology, publicly circulated bulletins sent by the church to its members.
Claimant, the author of those bulletins, sued for breach of copyright.
Held
On facts, bulletins had already been widely circulated, thus Defendant’s distribution of them was ‘fair dealing’
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