On 09/02/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
(I am unsure what that translated to in practice - I'm trying to dig up the reports, but suspect it was something along the lines of "you can only sue for the first couple of months of infringing use")
Aha, found it. Reported in the Times, Dec.02 1996:
"The owner of copyright in films who was aware that one of its licensees had plans to broadcast the films outside the area specified in the licence agreement and had subsequently done so, but did not complain or take any other action to stop them, had acquiesced and was therefore not entitled to claim an infringement of copyright."
The action was dismissed. I can pass a copy of the report (aha! fair scholarly use!) on to anyone wishing to peruse it further...