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Centrestage Management Pty Ltd v Riedle
The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal from a Federal Magistrate Court decision that the respondent (Mr Riedle) was an independent contractor rather than an employee of Centrestage Management Pty Ltd. As a result, the company did not own copyright in the source code of software Mr Riedle updated.
Centrestage Management was also unsuccessful in arguing that it had an implied licence to access and use the source code, and that Mr Riedel was obliged to provide the code to it because he was contractually bound.
Centrestage Management Pty Ltd v Riedle [2008] FCA 938