Adriaan Basson‚ editor of News24‚ expressed satisfaction with the court judgment which found that its sister website Fin24 did not infringe Moneyweb’s copyright in six of the seven stories over which Moneyweb claimed copyright. Acting Johannesburg High Court Judge Daniel Berger found on Thursday that Moneyweb had not proven that four of the articles were original works. Two of the articles did not qualify for protection under copyright.Court finds Fin24 did not infringe Moneyweb's copyright in six of seven articlesThe court only found that one article that Fin24 used constituted an infringement of Moneyweb’s copyright.The amount of damages to be paid by Fin24 on the that one article would stand over for determination in a damages inquiry.The court also ordered that Moneyweb should pay 70% of Fin24 costs‚ including the costs of two counsel.Ryk van Niekerk‚ editor of Moneyweb‚ asked for time to read the judgment before commenting.Moneyweb took Media24 to court last year over seven of its news reports that were aggregated by Media24’s business news website Fin24.“I am relieved because we have always been convinced that in the majority of the articles‚ we followed the best international practice and we applied fair use principles that are entrenched in the world of digital media‚” Basson said.“Of course we will carefully study the judgment to ensure that where there are still gaps in the understanding of fair use‚ that this is resolved.”Basson added that while the case was still pending‚ News24 had invested heavily in appointing a 20-plus strong team of journalists and editors to create original content on a daily basis.“We accept that our content will find its way into multiple platforms in the world of digital media‚ including media platforms of our competitors.”..