A landmark court case in Australia is examining the use of covertly recorded footage by activists from the Farm Transparency Project, who alleged animal cruelty at a slaughterhouse owned by Game Meats Company in Eurobin, Victoria. The activists recorded footage of the alleged cruelty and shared it with the federal department of agriculture, but after receiving no adequate response, they published it online and provided it to a local news journalist. The Game Meats Company contends that it owns the copyright to the footage, arguing that the activists' actions were illegal due to trespassing. This ruling, accepted by the federal court, is unprecedented in Australian law and raises concerns about its implications for press freedom. Peter Greste warns that it could provide legal grounds for those wishing to conceal wrongdoing to suppress public interest journalism. The Human Rights Law Centre has intervened, arguing that the ruling could further empower wrongdoers to hide evidence of corruption. The case has sparked significant debate about the balance between copyright law and the public's right to know about potential wrongdoing.