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ZYX Music GmbH v King and Ors [1997] EWCA Civ 1063 – S 23 CDPA.

- “knows or has reason to believe” articles infringe copyright.
1) “reason to believe” involves the concept of knowledge of facts from which a reasonable man would arrive at the relevant belief.
- the test was whether a reasonable person, in D’s position, would have believed (and not merely suspected) on the basis of the facts of which D was aware that the articles concerned were infringing copies.
2) “turning a blind eye” to knowledge does not avoid “reason to believe”.

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