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Copyright owners and Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) collaborate, with CMOs assisting copyright owners to commercialise their copyright. Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) – a CMO for newspapers and magazines – brought an action against Meltwater (a media monitoring service) and various companies using Meltwater’s services. NLA claimed that these companies and their customers were unlawfully receiving and using Meltwater’s services in which NLA holds copyright. The UK High Court ruled in favour of NLA, and the decision was also upheld in the UK Court of Appeal. Source: Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd v Meltwater Holding BV [2010] EWHC 3099 (Ch); [2011] ECDR 10; Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd v Meltwater Holding BV [2011] EWCA Civ 890; [2012] RPC 1.